0
20 amp is perfect, 15 is fine
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What size breaker is needed for a 220 v hot water heater?
The wattage of the water tank is needed to size the breaker and the wire to feed the tank.
What size wire should be used to connect a water heater from the panel?
The wire size is dependent upon the wattage size of your water heater. The higher the wattage the larger the wire size. A standard 3000 watt heater will use a two pole 20 amp breaker connected to 2C #12 wire.
Can I you use existing 8 3 wire hooked to a 30amp breaker was hooked to old electric heater to wire a heater that requires 10 2 wire its a 5000watt 240volt heater?
Yes the wire size is larger for that size breaker but will not effect the 30 amp breaker protection of that circuit.
What size of breaker to use on a wall unit 220 heater?
To answer this question the wattage of the heater is needed.
What size breaker for a 1500 watt 120 volt heater?
15 amp
What size breaker is needed for a 220 v hot water heater?
The wattage of the water tank is needed to size the breaker and the wire to feed the tank.
How is a hot water heater wired from the power source to the heater?
10/3 wire with 30 amp double pole breaker from panel box to water heater.
What size amp circuit breaker should be used for a hot water tank?
Assuming you are referring to a 240 volt residential hot water heater you will need to install 10/2 NM cable (Romex) with ground from the service panel to the water heater wired to a 30 amp circuit breaker in the service panel. If you cannot see the water heater from the service panel you will need to install a service disconnect at the water heater.
What size breaker do you need for a 40 gallon electric water heater?
Usually 30 amp
What size wire should be used to connect a water heater from the panel?
The wire size is dependent upon the wattage size of your water heater. The higher the wattage the larger the wire size. A standard 3000 watt heater will use a two pole 20 amp breaker connected to 2C #12 wire.
Can I you use existing 8 3 wire hooked to a 30amp breaker was hooked to old electric heater to wire a heater that requires 10 2 wire its a 5000watt 240volt heater?
Yes the wire size is larger for that size breaker but will not effect the 30 amp breaker protection of that circuit.
What size breaker for 8kw 277volt heater?
32amp 30ma rcbo
What size of breaker to use on a wall unit 220 heater?
To answer this question the wattage of the heater is needed.
What size breaker for a 1500 watt 120 volt heater?
15 amp
What size wire and breaker do you need for a 5000 watt garage heater?
Look on the heater and see what amps it is pulling. That will determine the wire size and breaker size. It must be on a dedicated circuit. 15 amps = AWG # 14 wire with 15 amp breaker 20 amps = AWG # 12 wire with 20 amp breaker 30 amps = AWG # 10 wire with 30 amp breaker 40 amps = AWG # 8 wire with 40 amp breaker
You are putting in a 240 volt 4000 watt heater in a room what size breaker do you need?
20 amp
What is breaker size for 240 volt 9 KW?
The formula you are looking for is I = W/E.
