Curious if anyone is familiar with installing a cadet heater in the bathroom. I've installed others in bedrooms and have always put them on a dedicated 240v circuit. But this particular one, made for bathrooms, the installation instructions are a bit confusing, at least to me. They state:
- "Heater must be connected to a GFCI protected branch circuit when installed in a bathroom"
and the goes on to say:
Electric heaters must be installed on a circuit dedicated to electric heaters, they cannot share a circuit with outlets, lights or other appliances.
These two statements seem contradictory.
To me it seems like I have a few options:
- Pull a dedicated 240v circuit with no GFCI
- Use the existing, dedicated gfci outlet in the bathroom and wire using pass through terminals
- Use the existing dedicated gfci outlet in the bathroom and wire it to the load side.
What do you think? If I wire it to the load side of the existing gfci, then I run the risk of tripping the breaker if someone is running the heater and a hair dryer at the same time. But, it seems like the point of wiring this heater to a gfci protected branch circuit is to protect the circuit in a damp environment.
- "Heater must be connected to a GFCI protected branch circuit when installed in a bathroom"
and the goes on to say:
Electric heaters must be installed on a circuit dedicated to electric heaters, they cannot share a circuit with outlets, lights or other appliances.
These two statements seem contradictory.
To me it seems like I have a few options:
- Pull a dedicated 240v circuit with no GFCI
- Use the existing, dedicated gfci outlet in the bathroom and wire using pass through terminals
- Use the existing dedicated gfci outlet in the bathroom and wire it to the load side.
What do you think? If I wire it to the load side of the existing gfci, then I run the risk of tripping the breaker if someone is running the heater and a hair dryer at the same time. But, it seems like the point of wiring this heater to a gfci protected branch circuit is to protect the circuit in a damp environment.