Hello all,
I am replacing the wall-mounted heater in a room in my house. It is a 240V convection heater, latest model, replacing a 10 year old unit that stopped working.
It mounts on a wall that is about 2' high below some large windows (see picture 1). The wall itself is only about 6" thick, and is packed with insulation.
The previous heater had all of its wiring 'internal'. The wire came out of the wall (see picture 2) and it got all connected, etc. inside the heater.
However...
The new heater wants to connect via an electrical box, where the power wires and the wires from the heater would connect (see picture 3).
My dilemma is that I cannot mount a box in this wall. The problems are: it is packed with the pink insulation with a vapour wall, I would have take large chunks of drywall out, the wiring was run to one place because that's where the heater was.
I did consider running the wiring into the new heater like it was in the old. However, after taking the cover off and investigating, it won't work.
What are some options here? Is there such a thing as an electrical box that can sit outside the drywall? Any other neat ideas?
Thanks,
Tony
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Picture 3
I am replacing the wall-mounted heater in a room in my house. It is a 240V convection heater, latest model, replacing a 10 year old unit that stopped working.
It mounts on a wall that is about 2' high below some large windows (see picture 1). The wall itself is only about 6" thick, and is packed with insulation.
The previous heater had all of its wiring 'internal'. The wire came out of the wall (see picture 2) and it got all connected, etc. inside the heater.
However...
The new heater wants to connect via an electrical box, where the power wires and the wires from the heater would connect (see picture 3).
My dilemma is that I cannot mount a box in this wall. The problems are: it is packed with the pink insulation with a vapour wall, I would have take large chunks of drywall out, the wiring was run to one place because that's where the heater was.
I did consider running the wiring into the new heater like it was in the old. However, after taking the cover off and investigating, it won't work.
What are some options here? Is there such a thing as an electrical box that can sit outside the drywall? Any other neat ideas?
Thanks,
Tony
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3