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Two baseboards in parallel with one T-Stat

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andro_Peter

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Hello,

First of all, I'm not an electrician and don't expect to do the connection in the breaker panel. I just want to install everything and then call an electrician.

So I want to install two baseboards in parallel with one T-Stat in the basement of an old house.

The following setup gives each baseboards 240V but they don't heat: baseboards are 1000W each

1) 240V runs from a 15A breaker to a Double-pole Tsat
2) Runs out to junction box
3) Out of junction box, one cable to electric baseboard 1 and one cable to electric baseboard 2

If I install them in a serial setup, everything is ok but they do not heat as full as they should do.

Thank you folks
 
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