How to Install an electric heater

The installation of an electric heater (coil, radiant or inertia) does not present major difficulties. Manufacturers provide guides to correctly position the sites of the metal section which supports.

Install a radiator: select location

An electric heater can be installed anywhere for proper operation and optimize its performance. 
In a house devoid of insulation , installing a radiator is, ideally, under a window or door, and a cold wall, facing the outside, to fight against the cold wall effect. However, if the room is properly insulated, the radiator can be placed elsewhere.

Remember however, that the radiating and storage devices are more effective if they are not placed behind an obstacle , such as furniture, plants or otherwise. Finally, an electric heater should always be installed away from curtains and anything that might be likely to catch fire easily. It should not be in the air currents, which could distort the operation of the thermostat. The base of the radiator must be within 15 cm of soil to a minimum.

Installing a radiator: fixing

Prepare the skirting to the passage of son

Every radiator is supplied with electrical brackets. Follow the manufacturer's instructions and follow the drill guide supplied for installing the heater. Check with your spirit level that your electric heater is level. Choose the size and nature of your screws and bolts according to your wall (plaster, concrete ...). Use anchors designed for insulating materials , if necessary. Slide the heater in the channel (the medium of your wall-mounted).

Note : some electric storage heaters are particularly heavy and can not be placed on stud walls, including plasterboard. They are then simply laid on the ground, on special media.

Install a radiator: the connection

Make connections

A heater should always be fed by a line independent of the lighting circuit or taken, drawn from the main distribution panel. The characteristics of this line is accurate, especially for the son of conductor diameter and especially if it feeds several radiators. Initially the table, it must be protected by an RCD of a caliber. If in doubt, check with a professional.

Close to the radiator or behind this line is equipped with a box "with cable" which ensures a quiet connection.


Disconnect the power. Connect the son of the electric heater you have a bare box. If applicable, connect the ground wire properly and the polarity in the junction box