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#723969 - 08/07/12 05:57 PM Help me heat our Bathroom
Mike_D Offline
journeyman

Registered: 02/21/02
Posts: 69
Loc: Blairstown, NJ
We have a bathroom that we just can't make comfortable.
The room size is 140 sq ft. With a ceiling height of 8' it would be 1100 cubic feet.
We can get 220V into the room if needed. We are thinking of using electric baseboard heat. We have 2 walls available to mount the units. One wall is 80" long and the other is is 72" long. These 2 walls intersect each other as an outside 90 degree angle.
What other data is needed to figure our needs and what do I do next?

Thanks for any and all help.
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Mike

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#724149 - 08/09/12 10:36 PM Re: Help me heat our Bathroom [Re: Mike_D]
MCA Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 03/09/06
Posts: 4540
Loc: Illinois
I found a link to a heater size calculator, its on a site that sells heaters so I didn't post it because it may be considered spam, but I selected average insulation/air leakage, required temperature increase of 10 deg. F, 12'x12'x8' room and it came up with 1,547 watts.
That will be 12.9 amps if its a 120 volt unit or 6.4 amps if its a 240 volt unit.
Either way you need to add a new dedicated circuit for it, if it was 120 volts it will be too many amps to use on a regular circuit.
I would think it would be best to install the heater on the coldest wall, like under a window, since that would be the coldest area. I always worry about heaters in bathrooms, be sure no one touches the dial when they are wet or in contact with a grounded object, even if properly installed and grounded there is still a chance of a hazard. And keep it far enough away from the shower so it doesn't get splashed with water.

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