Determining baseboard heater wattage - general rule

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Electric Baseboard Heaters – Wattage Electric Heating Systems

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1000 watt electric baseboard heater
1 foot = 250 watts
4 feet
electric baseboard heater

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The illustration shows an electric baseboard heater mounted along the bottom of a wall near a room corner. A dimension line identifies its length as 4 feet, subdivided into four 1-foot sections. Each section is labeled as equivalent to 250 watts, and a bracket identifies the entire heater as 1000 watts. The drawing presents a general rule for estimating electric baseboard heater wattage from length, rather than depicting a defect.

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