Baseboard heater not very hot when on

[appliance_grasshopper]

Honoarable Enlightened ones,

When I crank up my simple mercury switch thermostat my baseboark heater isn't very hot. It probably puts out as much heat as a 110 V portable heater if that ??? It sorta works but not really. Any ideas of what to check, overload thermostat, relay, element???

Any ideas as to how much power/amps it should pull (ie. if I put a clamp meter on power line somewhere ).

Arigoto

[Samurai Appliance Repair Man]

Is your baseboard system electric or forced hot water?

[appliance_grasshopper]

Konichiwah,

Its 220V electric. Checked the breaker box, both breakers aren't tripped.

Sayanora

[Samurai Appliance Repair Man]

Are all baseboards affected? Just one zone? A single baseboard?

To start troubleshooting, I would kill power and get to the power wire terminals on one of the affected baseboards. I'd clamp my meter leads to the power wire terminals and re-apply power. Then I'd turn on that baseboard and see if I'm getting 240vac.