digital thermostat
I have a 20 year old trailer that has an old manual thermostat for the furnace. Can I just switch it out for a digital thermostat? I know I need to make sure it'll work with the number of wires curren...
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opnspaces wrote:
If it only controls the heater then you probably have only two wires to deal with. There is no high or low fan to worry about.
Make sure the thermostat you buy can use batteries like two AA or something.
Once you purchase your new thermostat pull the old one off the wall and count the wires. If there are only two wires this will work for you.
- Disconnect the two wires from the old T-Stat
- Drill the mounting holes for the new T-Stat
- On your new T-Stat the RC and RH wires will probably have a small jumper wire connecting them together
- Leave jumper alone and add one of the wires from your RV, It doesn't matter which wire just pick one
- Hook the other wire from the RV to the W terminal on the new T-Stat
- Mount T-Stat on the wall, put batteries in and test it.
It really is that simple. It will probably take you more time to drill the two holes and hang it on the wall than it takes to wire it up.
This is because home thermostat's operate on 24 volt AC and RV ones are 12 volt DC or battery.
Dusty
