Heat Pumps and Electric Heating - baseboard heat

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nascar
11-24-04, 09:19 PM
needing to know the formula to figure how many watts of baseboard heat will be needed for sq ft. Thanks

skohlmey
11-26-04, 12:02 PM
I saw one formula that was sqft x 10. However, I have my doubts that it is this simple. A room in northern Minnesota would definitely require more heating than a similar room in Texas.
mattison
11-27-04, 08:26 AM
You need to do a heat loss calculation on the room in question. Most hvac supply stores will have a paper one they will sell cheap or you can get the program online for a small fee. This will give you btu loss and then just convert that to watts.

Ed Imeduc
11-27-04, 11:45 AM
You have to do a heat loss for it. But if it helps a

Kw is 3,415 BTUs


ED ;)