Questions tagged [thermostat]
Mechanical or electrical device used to control a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, or other temperature reliant system.
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My thermostat will not start my air conditioner
I remember the same thing last summer where occasionally it would take a number of hours for the ac to kick on after I switched to cool and the temperature was above the threshold. The funny thing is ...
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Heater does not start without a power reset
I have a Bonaire MB3-20I and it won't turn on unless I go in the roof and turn the socket off and then on again. When this is done, it stays on for as long as needed, but when we turn the heating off ...
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Rewiring for Nest Thermostat - Current ABCD Configuration Carrier
So I would like to use a Nest thermostat on my carrier system. I have the ABCD wiring configuration from current thermostat to the board on the furnace. On the attached image, you'll see three brown ...
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central heating comes on at night
we have had this problem for over a year on & off, we have an ideal logic+ 30w combi boiler 8 years old, in fairness has been great , but the central heating sometimes comes on in the night (full ...
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How to wire this old Lennox thermostat to my Heil 2003 furnace?
Here is my attempt which isn't working. Maybe I should jumper R to G and move the green wire to C with Blue? The wires I cut off it had that jumpered.
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Honeywell Home Thermostat - wiring issues?
I have the Honeywell Home - 7-Day Programmable Thermostat. When my roommate installed the device it was winter and everything appeared to work fine. Now that it’s heating up, it’s impossible to cool ...
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wiring hrv in a confusing house
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first time posting apologies if my placement is off
Buying HRV.
I am debating between two units, venmar evo5-700 which doesn’t support furnace interlock or lifebreath rnc205, ...
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How do I wire a/c if furnace wiring compartment has no y terminal?
I have been trying to figure this out for more than a year. All was running until HVAC company came to replace 2 thermostats with nest and rewired 2 HVAC units (a front of house and a back of house ...
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Replacing A Trane thermostat with A Honeywell Wifi thermostat?
Heres what I have.
On A Trane brand thermostat
Red wire = R
Black wire = W2
White wire = W1
yellow wire = Y
Green wire = G
Orange wire = O
Blue wire = B or from what i'm told is my C wire??
And i'm ...
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Intermittent Furnace Issue
So I have been having a bit of an issue with my furnace since installing the nest thermostat. The first day after I installed it was perfect. Everything was working. The second day I kept getting the ...
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I have a Quadra-fire topaz direct vent gas fireplace, what type thermostat is needed
I'm looking to run a thermostat to my gas fireplace, it's a millivolt system, how do I wire the thermostat correctly
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Wiring c wire to current valve controller
I am looking to hook up a wifi smart thermostat and realized while I have 3 wires hooked up to my old thermostat, the common wire is not hooked up to anything in the basement. I'm wondering if I can ...
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Issue Installing Ecobee 4 on 4 zone boiler with Aquastat
I have a 4 zone valve boiler system. Each of the zone valves is Honeywell. I have a 24-volt transformer along with an aquastat.
I have attached a photo of the wiring diagram from what I can tell ...
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Furnace/thermostat require constant power reset/“reboot”
I have an AprilaireProgrammable thermostat attached to York furnace?Ac unit.
The set point is usually around 22 degrees, and the room temperature is reading around 20 degrees. The furnace is not ...
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Nest thermostat wiring problems
Removing my old Honeywell thermostat to replace with the nest. I live in Florida and my ac unit is 10 years old. I’m not sure if I have conventional heat or a pump. I took a picture of the old one but ...
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Trane air handler twe036c140a0 create “c” wire
Trane Air Handler twe036c140a0 Create "C" Wire
Can someone please tell me the best way to Create a "C" Wire for a Honeywell WiFi thermostat (model rth9585wf).
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Replacing thermostat and metal plate inside wall cutout
I am replacing my Honeywell thermostat. I removed the old one and there is a metal plate inside the drywall cutout that the old one was screwed to. I need to remove the plate because the screw holes ...
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Tried switching old thermostat with digital one…wasn't working, so switched it back to old one and ir is still not working
I decided to upgrade the old thermostat control for heating/cooling, to a simple non-programmable digital unit. I simply attached the wires to the corresponding terminals in the new unit. After ...
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I live in a multi unit home and we have two heat meters but only one thermostat. What is needed to get a 2nd thermostat?
The basement and top two floors are on one bill and the first floor is on another bill. What is needed to get the first floor its own thermostat?
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Honeywell T6 PRO Z-Wave Thermostat (model th6320zw2003) exhibits very erratic behavior after battery replacement
Background:
My apartment complex installed Honeywell model th6320zw2003 thermostats in all units about six months or so ago, and it had been working well for all that time. The only issue was that ...
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I am installing a Honeywell Pro 2000
So, I have the green, white, blue and red wires coming in, but DO NOT have a yellow. There is a brown. I do have both regular gas heat, and AC. What terminal should the brown wire go? And should the ...
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Replacing old thermostat and two unidentified wires
I'm replacing an old thermostat from the early 90's with a new wifi thermostat.
When removing the old one, it only used R,G,Y,W wires, and the new wifi thermostat requires a C.
After fully removing ...
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Condo fan coil thermostat fan never turns off, cooling is humid
My thermostat in my condo is a honeywell thermostat and it the only options it has are System and Fan. Fan is set to auto (other option is Lo Med Hi) and the System is set to Cool (or Auto or Off). ...
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Did the handyman screw up or is there something wrong with my AC unit?
My landlord recently hired someone to install a common wire from my Goodman AC unit on the roof down to where the thermostat is. The current thermostat works fine, but is non programmable and battery ...
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Thermostat wire does not go to Furnace
My thermostat wires go to a control panel heat pump system which go to the furnance , i need to wire a c wire but not sure how to go about this with the york control panel
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Plz help me, connect a common wire for smart thermostat in furnace
I bought a 3rd generation Nest. It doesn’t turn on after I hooked it up. I did research saying I need a common wire as power supply.
I have closely look all the wires in my system and drew a diagram....
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Only blows hot air on both modes
I just installed a new Honeywell WiFi thermostat and my heat pump only blows hot air on heat and cool mode.
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Installed Honeywell R8285A 1048 control center combined with a Honeywell PRO 8000 thermostat
to operate an inline duct fan on a long run to a new addition. Thermostat in the new addition activates fan when the thermostat is set to cooling perfectly. I can use it to manually turn on the fan. ...
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No furnace fan in cooling mode while hooked to a fresh air damper controller
I added a fresh air damper and control, ( Soler Palau MD6-ES24VK) to my furnace (2006 York GY9S). The damper worked great in the winter but now that I am doing some cooling, I noticed that the outside ...
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Thermostat Upgrade, furnace C-wire reading low voltage
OK so here is the scenario.
Upgrading thermostat from dumb to smart (Ecobee). I've done 2 others in my house that required re-wiring so I have a good sense for what should be done but I'm stuck.
My ...
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CT80 Thermostat Wiring Diagram Selection
Which terminal should the brown wire be connected to the RadioThermostat CT80? The original thermostat was wired as depicted:
The brown wire is connected to terminal E (not F).
As I understand it: ...
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Are my new thermostats compatible with my system?
My two old Lux Pro PSP511LC are dying (LCD going out on both!) so I got two new thermostats from a friend he didn't need we both thought I could use. They are the Orbit Clear Comfort 83521 thermostat. ...
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Help adding C wire to furnace - Heat only system
Looking to add C wire into my furnace. Heat is currently running on two wires with older thermostats. Luckily the in wall wiring has three wires.
Any help to point out the C wire for my setup? Or ...
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turn on furnace blower with temp sensor
I have a wood stove in my finished basement. I am looking for a way to turn on the blower fan of my furnace once the temperature in the basement reaches a certain setting like 75 degrees, that is ...
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How do I wire a switch between two 24V heating only thermostats to switch between thermostats?
I have a gas-fired forced air furnace which I need to control two separate heating zones from. One zone is to heat a crawl space only to 45 degrees and the other is the space temp of the cabin. I ...
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Main burner in NG fireplace goes out
What could be the reason of main burner going out intermittently. The pilot stays on. The voltage of the thermopile is 638mv when burner is off. The thermostat is a manual heat only. When I short out ...
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how to connect C wire for ecobee lite to Weil-McLain EG Series-5 gas steam boiler
I want to upgrade from a battery powered Honeywell thermostat to an ecobee3 lite.
This is for heat only.
My current Honeywell has two wires: Red and White. Missing is the C cable.
There are enough ...
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Old thermostat to Hive thermostat
My wife decided we needed a smart thermostat... which means I need to install said thermostat...
Currently a Bryant Evolution series is mounted. She purchased the Hive with Hub when it was on sale.
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how to communicate thermostat to turn on wood heat system when during heat pump defrost cycle
I have physically disconnected the strip heaters in my air handler but the fan still runs which I do not want. I have a wood boiler I want to run in place of the aux heat
Can I disconnect the white ...
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Not sure what colors go to my new thermostat
Not sure what colors go where from my old one to my new one the old is on top and new is on bottom
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Nest 3rd Gen 24VAC two transformer issue
Hopefully this will finally solve the issue with my Nest. I bought a Nest 3rd Gen Learning Thermostat and followed the instructions to the tee. I have a two transformer system (Forced Air A/C and ...
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How to identify a c wire?
I have 3 wires coming out from the wall at my new house (red, white, blue). It is a water boiler heat only system. The tstat was already removed unfortunately.
I thought the blue wire was the C wire, ...
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Heating System Premature CutOff / DIY Options?
I've collected all of the facts about my system and the problem we are seeing. We have two external air pump units outside the house and a Rheem furnace (GH36S, 36000 BTU) that appears to be working. ...
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Mercury thermostat behaving strangely
I reinstalled an old mercury thermostat. Heat and air both work, but they won't cut off until I move the thermostat switch to Off. In other words, when the switch is on Heat, the furnace and blower ...
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Lennox G12D2E-55C-6 with a Johnson Control G779LHA-1 ignition control and Mercury Thermostat
I am looking to replace the mercury thermostat with a Lux Kono thermostat simply to have the ability to run the fan only and circulate the air. I believe this thermostat does that periodically. I'm in ...
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thermostat issues with honeywell
I've gone thru 3 thermostats in the last 6 months, and the temperature on them goes wacky. I've tried everything except call someone. is there a trick or solution. this is the third honeywell ...
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Can a Nest work in my setup (or am I stuck with Lyric, as they claim)?
Before crucifying me for the subjective question let me clarify that my question is quite specific if you read on.
I bought an old home with bad insulation and a 55-year-old furnace 3 months ago. I ...
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Wiring for a new honeywell thermostat
I am trying to install a basic Honeywell Programmable thermostat, but the wiring is a bit different, and I am reluctant to start taking it apart. I have a Goodman heat pump, which is occasionally ...
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Identify furance/cooling system from wiring?
Is there any way to tell the heating/cool system you have from the wiring? I have a Honeywell th6320wf02 that was correctly working and then I accidentally overwrote its system type. It's wired like ...
