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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Direct Wiring (bypass thermostat) of heatpump cooling
Last September my CT80 radiothermostat would not signal cooling despite the measured temperature exceeding the temperature setpoint. It would be nice if a relative could manually switch the cooling ...
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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).
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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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Nest E without common wire stuck in purge loop as soon as the Rheem heat furnace ignites
I have a honeywell hz432 and just installed a few NEST thermostats with a common wire and they seem to run fine. I added another NEST E thermostat, but this one didn't have a common wire, and when it ...
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Smart thermostat that accepts TWO heat inputs?
I have a center split ranch that uses baseboard heating. The heat is divided into two zones, so the boiler is currently controlled by two different thermostats.
And that has little to do with the ...
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Thermostat with an external transformer
I am trying to hook up a Vine TJ-610B-W WiFi thermostat to my heater. The original thermostat had only 2 wires, hooked to R and W, none hiding in the wall. I plan to use an external transformer for ...
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C wire - thermostat - not providing power
I'm replacing my old Honeywell thermostat with a new Wifi thermostat.
My old/current one is battery powered and doesn't use the C wire. I found the C wire behind the plate.
I connected the c wire to ...
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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 Toggle Switch between (2 ) 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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Bad gas furnace install?
I just got a high efficiency condensing gas furnace installed. I feel like it was done poorly, but I'm not sure. Some questions I'm wondering about are:
Do furnaces need to be level? It is visibly ...
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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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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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Temperature monitoring for storage hot water system (RP-2 connection)
My HWS has a secondary outlet connection I don't use, and I'd like to use it to install a thermal probe I can monitor.
HWS RP ¾ / 20 temp probe?
Does anyone know of a practical way to install a ...
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Connect Wifi Thermostat to Goodman GMP050-3?
I'm trying to connect up a wifi thermostat to Goodman furnace, specifically the GMP050-3.
I've done some reading on this but I'm still not quite sure how to go about it. Specifically, I'm not sure ...
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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 ...
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Two Separate Systems on one Thermostat?
I have a baseboard hot water system and a separate gas furnace with heat and AC. Thus far, they have been on two separate thermostats. Is there a way to put them on one thermostat or is there a ...
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Is my control board bad?
I have a Goodman evaporator/gas heating unit that runs the central fan motor constantly after it is powered up a couple of seconds. This happens regardless of what wires are hooked to the control ...
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Connect C wire to Carrier board
I got Carrier board HK61EA010 and extra C-blue wire that is not connected to the board. I wanna use this wire to power WI-FI thermostat. I cannot find the manual for this board. Does anyone know where ...
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Where to connect my “c” wire on the boiler side. Weil mclain gas boiler
Im just curious if the “c” terminal on the plug in relay is where im suppose to connect my “c” wire on the boiler side. I have 18/5 wire ran already. Just need to find out where to terminate. To the ...
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Furnace and Thermostat Issue
One day my parent's furnace and thermostat stopped working. The thermostat is a smart thermostat that depends on 24volts to the R and C wire.
We measured voltage between the R and C wire and was ...
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How to wire C wire to the transformer of HVAC?
How are you all doing?
I tried to connect the digital thermostat (Ecobee3) instead of my old honeywell thermostat.
The original wiring is below (figure 1)
HVAC is located on the ceiling of bathroom ...
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Master thermostats on a multi zone heat system
I have a 5 zone split level house with forced hot water heat. The issue I’m running into is that my house has an in-law apartment that I rent out and it occupies 2 of the 5 zones, and the other 3 are ...
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Replacing old thermostat with 2 white wires for zone boiler heat
I am replacing our basement thermostat that had a white and orange wire together and a white and blue wire together. That is all there is. I ham trying to put in a heat only non programmable honeywell ...
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Thermostat & transformer
I want to ensure I'm safe.
Is it normal to find fluctuating 12 volts when the thermostat (2-wire heat-only) is at "rest" and not calling for heat? The thermostat appears to function normally with a ...
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How to insulate a thermostat
Some previous owner of my home moved the original round 2-wire thermostat to a wall of the vertical chase used for the hot water heater vent, the gas lines, etc. The wall is quite a bit colder than ...
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Need Help on Adding a Common Wire for Nest
I recently purchased a Nest thermostat. After couple weeks of usage, the Nest is constantly shut down due to low battery. I search online that adding a common wire is the go solution for this. However,...
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Ecobee3 lite connected to Lennox Pulse G14Q Heat/Air Condition
I have read a similar wifi thermo connection feed here and they had success hooking the C wire to the T terminal on the furnace.
I can get power to run the thermo from the T terminal, but when I do, ...
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Ecobee3 Setup and furnace only has W G R
My existing thermostat has 4 wires (missing C) so I'm attempting to use the Power Extender Kit (PEK) at the furnace control board. Only problem is, I only have 3 wires that are obviously labelled at ...
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Thermostat won't display temperature and won't control heater (although fan works)
I'm having issues with my Honeywell RTH7600D thermostat. It's a couple of years old and has worked fine until recently.
We're in Southern California and the cold weather has recently started so I ...
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Rapid on/off cycling of furnace
My 50-year old wall furnace keeps cycling on and off as it gets near the set temperature. Can I fix this by changing to a new thermostat? It's a 2-conductor cable (no blower).
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fireplace thermostat will turn off fireplace but won't turn it on
I have a propane fireplace that wouldn't start. Cleaned the thermopile and thermocouple and got the pilot to work fine. Then the main burner wouldn't light from the thermostat--it only lit if I jumped ...
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How to connect wifi thermostat with a boiler after cable upgrade?
I have an old battery operated thermostat right now with two wires (18/2) attached to it running to a boiler. No AC, fan, etc.-- just a boiler. I can easily replace the wire with 18/5 one, however I'm ...
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My thermostat and heating system was working fine but the batteries read low power
So my Honeywell non WiFi Thermostat was working fine except for the low battery signal in the top right-hand corner. We took the face off of the thermostat of course shutting the Heat and fan off ...
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Problems with my thermostat
My thermostat will turn on the baseboard electric heater but will keep running till you turn it all the way off.
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NEST thermostat for hydronic floor heating: the three wire setup
I'm trying to install a 2nd generation Nest thermostat for my hydronic floors. So it's only meant for heating and not for cooling.
Someone else removed the old thermostat a long time ago so I don't ...
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WIFI “C” terminal
I recently purchased a WIFI thermostat that requires the use of the "C" terminal. I do have an extra wire available to use on the C terminal that runs from the wall unit to the furnace. However, ...
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Need help going from single pole to double pole thermostat
I am trying to replace single pole thermostats with double pole in two adjacent rooms. In each outlet there are three black, three red and three grounding wires. When I removed the single pole ...
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How to connect Nest thermostat to Evaporative Cooler (Swamp Cooler)
I have reviewed the post here,
Controlling 110v swamp cooler using Nest thermostat
It discusses how to connect an evaporative cooler using 110v to a standard thermostat.
I am looking for a specific ...
