Baseboard Electrical Receptacles

This was done because it was the easiest place to install them and it seemed to be the fashion of the time.

Baseboard electrical receptacles.

Fahrenheat 94 in 240 volt 2000 watt hydronic electric baseboard heater. Keep electrical outlets offset above and to the side of vanity sinks not right over the sink left hand sketch below electric baseboard clearance. Im on a limited budget and the last thing i need is to fail. Outlets installed above electric baseboard heaters in one or more areas not a recommended and a potentially unsafe practice all manufacturers of electric baseboard heaters prohibit the installation of electrical outlets above the heaters.

I am installing electric hydrostatic baseboard heaters which they do not get hot enough to damage or burn anything. Electric baseboard heaters work by turning a heating element on and off. There is no nec code rule against placing receptacles in a baseboard. It s either hot or it s not nothing in between.

The baseboard was popped off studs drilled cables pulled then holes cut for the boxes. Item 225987 model plf2004. Clearance between electric baseboard heater electrical receptacle 2016 09 18 dennis said. I do not know about the history of sfr in texas but around here when you have receptacles in the baseboard of an old house you are dealing with a house having lath and plaster walls quite often where electricity was added sometime after the house was built.

Those listing standards include the prohibition and require that those wall areas requiring convenience receptacles must be provided via combination equipment from the manufacturer etc. The concern is that a cord plugged into the outlet will likely drape down onto the heater. The electrical resistance baseboard heating equipment is or was listed via ul ansi standard s. Keep electrical receptacles off to one side not right over electric heating baseboards to avoid overheating and possibly melting electrical cords draped over the heater a fire risk see photo at below right courtesy of timothy hemm.

How far offset must the outlets be from the side of the heater.