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The price of a baseboard heater is going to depend on the brand and length of the heater you are going to buy. You can get one for as little as $27 for a 30 4ft. baseboard.
I am renewing my heater system because it is old. Where can I get more information on electric baseboard heaters?
Depends on the Amperage of each baseboard heater (how many watts each one draws).
Dayton is one of the most effieicent electric wall heater brands. You can read more at www.heater-home.com/recommended-baseboard-heaters.aspx
There are two main benefits that a Hydronic Baseboard heater provides. The first benefit is that it allows zoning which means one can choose what rooms need heat. The second benefit is that it can heat up floors.
YOU CAN'T, you will have to replace the heater core itself with a new one.
Detach the screw that attaches the heater duct on a Chevy Cavalier and remove the heater core. Once this is done you can replace the faulty heater core with a functional one.
There are two types of thermostats. One is a line voltage stat. This is in effect a switch and when turned to the off position the voltage is interrupted and the heater will not operate. The other type of stat is low voltage. There will be a relay in the baseboard heater that the thermostat is connected to. With this type if installation to turn the power completely off you will have to turn the breaker off that feeds the circuit.
Your thermostat is just a temperature switch. A switch just breaks the circuit to stop the current from flowing. When you set a position on the thermostat you are telling the switch when to come on and when to shut off depending on the room temperature. If it is set to low then the base board heater will not come on until the low set-point is reached. When the room warms up to above the set-point the baseboard heater will shut off. If your concern is about a 240 volt baseboard heater and just a single pole on the thermostat do not worry. Breaking one leg of a 240 volt circuit will stop the current flow and the heater will not operate.
Cost about 1000 - 1200$. This is one of the hardest heater cores to replace.
In the heater you will have two wires. You should then have 2 supply wires from the panel, and 2 wires from the thermostat. The neutral (white) supply wire should go to one of the wires on the heater. The hot (black) supply wire should connect to one wire from the thermostat. The other wire from the thermostat will connect to the other wire from the heater.
Trying to repair a heater core can be a waste of time. Just replace it with a new one.