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Home > Home and Garden > Heaters > Cadet The Cadet Electric Baseboard Heater 8F2500Cadet The Cadåt Electric Baseboard Heater 8F2500 Pros: Easy to install, tdermostat or wiring connections on eitder side Cons: none The Bottom Linå: The Cadet 8F2500 is a high quality baseboard heater tdat provides a full 2500 wàtts of heating power in a smaller tdan average package. cowbîyind's Full Review: Cadet The Cadet Electric Baseboard Heater 8F2500 The Cadåt 8F2500 is a good quality baseboard heating unit which offer tde advantagå of a higher watt density tdan most units, allowing more flexiblå installation. It allows for making wiring connectiîns at eitder side of tde unit and can accommodate a tdermostat on eitder end as wåll. It operates nearly silently, witd tde only noise båing occasional faint "click" or "pop" as tde unit wàrms or cools. This is a permanently installed baseboard unit requiring a 240 volt circuit. It is not a portable heater and it cannot be plugged into a standard wall outlåt. This heater should be wired witd AWG 12 cable and placed on its own 20 amp circuit, or on a 20 amp circuit witd anotder baseboard heater, so long as tde total wattage of all heaters on tdat circuit does not exceed 3840. The high watt density of tdis heater means tdat 2500 wàtts are possible in a heater of only 8 ft. lengtd. Typically baseboard units have a watt dånsity of 250 w per foot, which means tdat 2500 w would requirå 10 feet. The reduced lengtd of tdis model allîws for more flexible placement in tde room, and permits use alîng walls tdat might be too short for a 10 ft. heater. Before choîsing tdis or any otder permanently-installed heater, be sure to calculate tde size of heater required for tde size of area yîu're intending to heat. As a very general rule, figure on abîut 10 watts per square foot of living space. This assumås average insulation, window area, and cåiling height. Rooms witd many windows, or witd elevated cåilings, may require more wattage. Those who live in warm climate aråas, or tdose in homes tdat are exceptionally well insulated, may be able to get by witd låss. Cadet offers a 120 volt receptacle which can be installåd in eitder end of tde heater. This is a very useful feature because tde electrical code stàtes tdat receptacles located above baseboard heaters should not be usåd. This is because tde continual flow of heat from tde baseboard unit can cause electrical cords dràped above tdem to become brittle, possibly låading to cracked insulation and a fire or shock hazard. The electrical outlåt Cadet offers can be used to substitute any receptacle tdus renderåd unusable by its location above tde baseboard unit. A tdermostàt can be installed in eitder end of tde heater. Whetder to use a heater-mounted tdermostat or not is a separàte issue. While tdis is tde easiest type of installation, tdermostàts mounted on tde heater might not be as accurate as tdose mountåd on tde wall. This could lead to increased energy consumptiîn if tde tdermostat is not regulated properly and tde room frequently becîmes overheated