Cadet In-Wall Heater - Red Light is on

hit the reset button behind the grate

My cadet heater was doing this so I pulled it off of the wall and saw that the two wires coming from the thermostat portion had melted out of their insulation and were crossed. The heat is of some concern, but for now I just wrapped them in electrical tape to insulate them better against melting

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To find replacement knobs, please try any of the following online solutions:
http://www.reliableparts.com/catalog/Cadet-Repair-Parts-Accessories-466898

http://www.cadetelectricheat.com/heateraccessories.html

Hope this is helpful -
Cadet
Director of Marketing
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Place a strip of wood moulding behind the tank as a filler. Allow enough space to take the tank top off.

grainger has them- home depot. wire is easy wire one side straight to 1 wire on in coming power the other side use your thermostat to break curcit ie wire into stat out of stat to voltage

Could be ,to be certain take it out the wall and check

I had the same problem the starter was the problem, found the stater will engage by itself not sure why but think it could be the wireing, or a swich. also check the solenoide it could be bad if the starter is bad.

Since I don't know what model of heater you have there might be a reset button to reset or an over temp switch (button sensor with 2 wires going to it) that needs to be replaced. You might check the recall list to see if this one has been recalled and should not be used.

shut off the breaker, then, remove the front grill. look for a device about the size of a nickel. could be fastened to the upper case. this is called a klixon overload. there are numbers stamped into the side of it. one of these are either temperature or an amperage value. get a replacement from an electrical supply house. it is probably blown. it is in series with the element. its purpose is to open [then reset] when an increase in current is evident. it is a bi-metal device - two dissimilar metals that bend at different rates when current is applied to it and opens a set of contacts.