Theres 2 hot wires and a ground, how do you get it wired wrong? And like Billk said, if the wiring was wrong, how would both the heat and fan still work?Yeah. You've got it wired wrong.
Have you tried running it for a while ? I have a 5000w Qmark heater and I dont think I have ever seen the coils glowing. The fan is blowing hard enough to get all of the heat off the coils so they do not get red. It does not feel real hot right in front of it but it does a good job heating up my 22x22 attached garage no matter how cold it gets outside.
I would let it run for a while and see how it does.
I dont see how you could have it wired wrong and the fan still work.
Ok ill try this, what if the amps are low, what could be effecting it? Its on a 30amp breaker, using the same gage wire as the heating units L1/L2 wires, i think there 10 gageMeasure amperage to make sure it's working as it should. Should read ~ 20A.
I should mention.... It was about 35° Fahrenheit in the garage and - 13 outside. But when I had my 5000w Ener-g ceiling heater that looked almost identical to this one, it blew hot air and heated the garage up to 60 within about 15 minutes.... The fan did start to hesitate after about 4 uses though, i just figured i got a lemon
As mentioned, bigger 5kw electric heaters rarely have "glowing coils". They usually have more powerful fans that circulate more, warm air instead of less hot air like small space heaters.
As mentioned, check the amps. If it's drawing 20 amps, it's working fine.
Hung a furnace from my agarage ceiling hooked up to 5kw. Air felt almost cool because of amount of air moving across. But it warmed garage. If it’s moving lots of air it’s probably correct. I don’t think the coils should glow either.