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I have a two wire furnace. I’ve been doing a lot of research but haven’t found anything super similar to what I have at my house. I’m trying to find where to connect the c-wire. I have a couple of extra unused wires so I think I can just connect that to the c-terminal but I’m not 100% sure which one that is.

Based on my research it looks like maybe I could connect my Ecobee to the bottom 25V terminal?

Your help is incredibly appreciated in advanced!

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  • Do you have a wiring diagram for this furnace?
    – ThreePhaseEel
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 12:38
  • Hi, the only wiring diagram that I can find is the sticker in the top picture, with the 25V on the left and the wiring diagram underneath.
    – Jason
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 17:43

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From looking at your pictures I have extracted what appears to be the key parts. Please verify for yourself but it appears that the RED wire from the transformer goes off to the thermostat cable terminal block. If that is the case then the opposite terminal of the 24VAC transformer would be where the C wire would connect.

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My suggestion for connecting to the transformer terminal, where there are presently a brown and a black wire connected, is to make sure the wires are terminated properly with spade terminals rather than trying to just twist a wire around under the screw.

If you wanted to make this a clean upgrade you would look at changing out the current terminal block with one that has three positions. This way the thermostat cable can just terminate at the terminal block and you can add an additional wire from the terminal block over to the transformer.

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(Picture and Supplier Source: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Bussmann-Eaton/TB300-03?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsntO7gZZwOWCUaS%252b%252blAGE8Ob7nLJyRNq0%3d)

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  • Hi @MichaelKaras, thanks so much for your response! I updated the picture above to confirm where the wires are connected together. When I measure the voltage across the transformer, I get ACV of 29.7 . Does that sound correct, or too high?
    – Jason
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 17:47
  • Transformer output voltages will vary depending on input line voltage and amount of load on the output side. Your reading seems reasonable.
    – Michael Karas ♦
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 20:01
  • Great - I'll give it a go this weekend. Thanks for the advice!
    – Jason
    Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 18:50

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