duo-therm thermostat

[dtrink]

I have a duo-therm by dometic analog thermostat in my 2003 Gulfstream Sunvoyager class A. It has system (cool, off, furnace) switch, a fan(on, auto, hi, lo) and a sliding temperature control. It does not shut the furnace off by temp anymore. If the temp is set to 50degrees it keeps right on heating. I'm thinking it sounds like the thermostat has gone bad. I would like to upgrade to a digital. It has six wires(red, yellow, white, blue, gray & green). Anyone have information on this? Thanks.

[Old-Biscuit]

Here you go......instructs

[DrewE]

I did this (though I would not guarantee that my wire colors match yours) not too long ago and wrote a post including a fair few details here. It's pretty straightforward once you figure out the wires.

Normal household thermostats don't have provisions for the dual-speed fan, so you have to either add a switch for the fan speed somewhere or pick either high or low to always be used. I chose high.

[Isaac-1]

I had a similar thermostat though my air conditioner is a heat pump model and replaced it with a Honeywell digital blue backlit model about a year ago. Overall it works well though the Honeywell has one annoying "safety" feature, the heat will not turn on if the interior temperature is below 32 degrees F. Apparently the theory is if an unoccupied house were to have a power outage in cold weather and freeze so that pipes break, it is better for the heat to stay off until the owners return. My planned solution to this design feature is to grab the hair dryer out of the bathroom and blow it on the thermostat for a few seconds if needed, thankfully it has not been needed yet. There are some youtube videos and web sites that will walk you through the process.


Note some of the youtube videos refer to wire color this is not a good way to do it, as different RV's may use different wiring color codes, even the same brand may change the color codes from unit to unit, instead label by function and move wires accordingly. There is a message thread on another forum where a guy is dealing with untangling the mess caused by assuming his rv used the same color code as a youtube video right now. For this it is smart to take a digital photo of the wiring on your old thermostat before you disconnect it.

See

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFmyzGhHIgw

this setup is close to what I have, though the instructions are lacking, though I mounted the fan hi/low switch on the side of the plastic thermostat vs in the wall.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CPtV_iX9GQ