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Originally Posted by Lakesrider
Sorry. No. What I had was a 30 amp breaker on a 12/2 wire. Someone installed a 20amp 240V outlet, then cut off the 30 amp plug on the cord and installed a matching 20amp 240V plug. So the plug over-heated and melted. I thought it was a 20 amp dual breaker because it was labeled Basement heater. Well come to find out The 30 amp was on. Not labeled. ( I did relabel everything) I found that out by the tingle in my right arm when I touched the white wire and the ground at the same time. Now I had tested the wires with my meter and got nothing. It seems one side of the 30amp dual was burned out but the other side of it was not.. I bought a new 20 amp ( to replace the 30Amp) dual breaker, new outlet, and installed a 20 amp 4,000 watt heater. It has been running fine for the past few days. I did add drywall to the ceiling for a good portion of the area around the heater too. Nice and warm in there now. I have the heater set to the low setting which is only 9,000 watts.
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WOW!! 12/2 wire going to a 30 amp dual breaker. You are lucky that the only thing that happened was a burnt outlet.
Now you have a 20 amp dual breaker that goes to your 20 amp 4000 watt heater. So my question is: What do you have hooked to the other side of the dual breaker? Do you have a dual breaker because you ran out of room in your panel for a single pole breaker?