Need help for rough in wiring

[dura eagle]

I am wiring my new shop, 40’x60’x 16 tall. Doing R19 batts in the walls and Blow insulation in the ceiling.
I am trying to get everything roughed in before the insulation and liner pane go up.
I am thinking infrared heater is what I am going with. I already got the gas line ran, I know I need power up there what about thermostat wireing, how many wires and how big do they need to be to run to the thermostat?

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[yatg]

You need to check the manual for the heater.

If it uses a regular thermostat, its switching 24vac control circuits. You need standard t-stat cable you can get a HD,Lowes, etc. A plain heater uses a 2-wire cable (red,white), but run 3-wire in case you want to use a powered smart stat. Then again, it could have a separate fan mode, so you'd need another wire in the cable to control that. Then again, it could only have a remote control which will mysteriously stop working after a couple of years and you don't need any wiring. Gotta RTFM.

 

[dura eagle]

That’s kinda what I wanted to know, I have a big roll of 2 wire bell wire I will just run two runs of it and it will be plenty.

 

[nadogail]

If you run standard Thermostat Cable you probably won't run into problems in the future if you decide to upgrade your system.