Digital Thermostat In Arctic Fox
Thanks to a post and some help by "jmckelvy" I replaced my analog thermostat with this digital one:
White Rogers Digital Thermostat
Which fit pretty well in the same space as the old one:
The neat thing is that in winter I don't winterize (we go out every other weekend or so) but instead keep an electric heater in the camper. The problem was getting air into the basement of the camper to keep the tanks warm. The fan to circulate air into the basement normally only runs if the propane furnace is running. This thermostat has a fan control so the basement fan can be set to auto where it acts just like the old thermostat (runs when the furnace runs) or to on where it runs the basement fan without the propane furnace. This will allow the tanks to stay above freezing using electric heat.
In my unit the wiring was:
- Red wire to RH
Separate the gray and black that were joined with
- gray to W
- black (fan) to G
You also need to throw the switch to "electric" instead of "gas" so the fan runs with the furnance.
Hope this helps someone and thanks again to jmckelvy
White Rogers Digital Thermostat
Which fit pretty well in the same space as the old one:
The neat thing is that in winter I don't winterize (we go out every other weekend or so) but instead keep an electric heater in the camper. The problem was getting air into the basement of the camper to keep the tanks warm. The fan to circulate air into the basement normally only runs if the propane furnace is running. This thermostat has a fan control so the basement fan can be set to auto where it acts just like the old thermostat (runs when the furnace runs) or to on where it runs the basement fan without the propane furnace. This will allow the tanks to stay above freezing using electric heat.
In my unit the wiring was:
- Red wire to RH
Separate the gray and black that were joined with
- gray to W
- black (fan) to G
You also need to throw the switch to "electric" instead of "gas" so the fan runs with the furnance.
Hope this helps someone and thanks again to jmckelvy
Will the black Airxcel digital thermostat used in new Arctic Fox TCs work in my 2015 to replace the analog one? It states it’s for controlling the heat pump and AC. I would just use this for heat. This would work well with the rest of the black accessories in that area.
