electric baseboard heaters

[jrvazzer]

I have a building official who is calling into question partitions intersecting electric baseboard heaters. He is claiming that where the intersection occurs the baseboard heater (at least the element) must be broken so that there is no element at that location.



I have spoken with electricians & other building officials and no one seems to have heard of this before.



Do you know of any NEC or other regulation that would require this change?

 

[dnem]

What are the partitions made of ? 424.13

 

[dnem]

Also, the "required spacing" 424.13 should be specified in the heaters instructions.

 

[dnem]

One more
424.38(A)

 

[electricmanscott]

Common sense code?

 

[mdshunk]

I have a building official who is calling into question partitions intersecting electric baseboard heaters. He is claiming that where the intersection occurs the baseboard heater (at least the element) must be broken so that there is no element at that location.

Well of course you can't bury a baseboard heater behind an intersecting partition. Check manufacturer's instructions regarding clearance for air flow and clearance to combustibles.

Am I the only one saying "duh!" at this moment?

 

[electricman2]

Common sense code?

Thats too hard to enforce.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Could not find common sense in the definitions, as it is not under "c", but "d" for duh.

 

[nakulak]

I would really really like to see where in the manufacturer's literature it says that your heaters are ok to run through walls