The Little Vintage Garage.
I had time today to finish running the 10/2 Romex and got the heater wired up.
I ran the wire to this welder outlet first and pigtailed the wiring that goes up to a switch for the heater. I like to twist all my connections, wire nut them, and tape them.
I wasn't thinking and had issues when installing this box for the heater cutoff switch. This switch will allow me to use the welder outlet and turn the heater off. I first installed a 2x4 box even though I bought a heavy duty 4x4 box for it. Then I put in this light duty 4x4 box and busted it up while installing it. I installed this box before the others and completely forgot about the nice heavy duty extra capacity box I bought. I'm going to change it out tomorrow. I guess that's what happens when you work while hungry.
From the switch to a 2x4 box which connects to the 10gauge 4ft appliance whip.
The cover was made for surface mount boxes and the short screws don't work. I only had one longer screw so I'll have to get another long screw to screw on the face plate.
The heater is connected and works
The light stays on when the knob is turned off. Not sure if stays in all the time but I'll be using my wall switch to turn the heater off anyway.
I'm going to move the heater over to the left towards the wiring to move it away from my overhead storage shelf. I want to add sliding doors to enclose the shelving and the heater would be too close. Then I will throw up a clamp to hold up the appliance whip. I still need to buy faceplates for the switch box and welder outlet. Now I just need it to get
cold so I can test out the heater. Today was close to 50F out.
