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Design 2025-06-08 · 8 min

Heated Floor — Electrical Design

Integrating pulse-output meters into your design. Connection diagrams, CT selection, AMR system based on GorkyCAD.

Author: GorkyCAD Team

Cable or mat?

For wet screed — heating cable; for tile on glue — mats. Power: 150 W/m² for comfort, 180-200 W/m² for main heating. Area: 60-70% of the room excluding furniture.

Dedicated circuit

Heated floor is a separate circuit from the panel. For a bathroom of 3-5 m², 450-750 W — breaker C6-C10, cable 1.5 mm². For 10 m² — 1.5-2 kW, C10, 2.5 mm².

Thermostat circuit

The thermostat is powered from the same circuit, the sensor cable is laid in the corrugation to the floor. Temperature limiters are required for wooden floors.

RCD requirement

Per PUE/IEC, the heated floor circuit requires RCD 30 mA — combined with the thermostat's own protection.

Zone planning

Mark heated zones on the plan in GorkyCAD: under tile, under laminate — each zone with its own thermostat.

Checklist

Design checks: circuit load, cable cross-section, RCD, thermostat placement, sensor placement — GorkyCAD runs them automatically.