Fix my electric heater...

[bryson]

I have a small ceiling-mount electric heater that I hung in my garage a couple of years ago, and it functions, but doesn't get nearly as warm as (I think) it should. It is 220v that I just have wired to a plug - no switch or thermostat. I just plug it in when I want to be warm. I am suspecting that wiring/configuration is the reason it won't heat up all the way, unless the heating element is bad (it gets warm, but never hot.) The fan works as it should AFAIK.

Anybody willing to take a look under the panel and tell me what is wrong? It comes down from the ceiling with very little trouble, so it can be worked on easily.

 

[STAG]

sorry I had to. WWTTD.

(What Would Tim Taylor Do)

 

[bryson]

Bump.

 

[DOSS]

before you dig into the wiring blow that beast out with a air compressor.. if it is set up for just on it should just run until the coils get to hot then they will shut down and cycle.. if they are dirty they can go into the off cycle quicker (at least that was my experience with one exactly like that )...

 

[Jesser04]

We had electric heat in our house it was doing te same thing you are describing. My bil does hvac so he came over and took it apart it had three heating coils and only one was working. The fan wasn't moving enough air so the coils over heated and blew the inline fuse thing. Cleaned the cage of the fan and pit new fuses in and it was cool. Each coil had it's own fuse.

 

[bryson]

It was clean when I first installed it, and it ran the same. I will clean it out again, but that isn't the source of my issue. I'll check to see if it has fuses on the coils...

 

[frieed]

Are you sure your outlet has 220v?

A 220v element on 120v power puts out 1/4 the heat.

 

[bryson]

Are you sure your outlet has 220v?

A 220v element on 120v power puts out 1/4 the heat.

It runs my welder perfectly, so yes, it has 220v.

 

[DOSS]

We had electric heat in our house it was doing te same thing you are describing. My bil does hvac so he came over and took it apart it had three heating coils and only one was working. The fan wasn't moving enough air so the coils over heated and blew the inline fuse thing. Cleaned the cage of the fan and pit new fuses in and it was cool. Each coil had it's own fuse.

Ohh yeah I forgot about the little fuses on each coil.. had to replace a couple of those as well over time.

 

[gijohn40]

I can swing by tomorrow and take a look at it... send me a pm if your going to be home...

 

[bryson]

I can swing by tomorrow and take a look at it... send me a pm if your going to be home...

PM sent.

 

[SAMI]

John is the shit.