That's all kind of what I was thinking. This no neutral thing is new to me. I don't believe we planned for a double pole breaker, but I have to check.
I have some more questions now. The thermostats we have for the heaters are all rated for 3000 watt and 240 volts, but they only have 1 hot in and 1 hot out. The instructions showed to just attach the whites together. Does this sound like what you'd expect?
We're kind of in the middle of nowhere here and it might be difficult to get the correct breaker soon. What happens if you try to run something like this at 120 volts so we can get our inspection done and then swap the breaker later?
Regarding the amperage on the circuit, we actually have 3 heaters on this circuit totaling 2750 watts. We have another heating circuit wired similarly that will pull 2500 watts.
We're doing all new wiring ourselves in this place and my knowledge is probably a bit below where it should be for this kind of project, so we're learning it on the go. We pulled a self wire permit here in Manitoba and passed out rough in inspection. Getting close to calling for final. We even did most of the work ourselves for installing the new overhead service.
The funny thing is we didn't want to do any of the electrical ourselves, but it's almost impossible to get an electrician out here. We would have had to wait a minimum of 8 months, so here we are.
Thanks a lot for the replies. Time to go see what we have for breakers.
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