Feb-06-2014 10:17 AM
May-06-2014 02:04 PM
Butch50 wrote:
If I'm reading Kerry right you would need a single pole double throw switch. You need to have 3 poles on the switch. One (being the center) as the common to the circulation fan. One on the side of the switch that is a 12VDC feed from one source and the other side of the switch would have a separate 12VDC feed. You want to be able to use the little circulation fan independently or with the furnace. So on the center pole you would want the lead going to the circulation fan. On one of the other poles you want the lead from the furnace that would normally kick on the circulation fan. On the other pole you would want another 12VDC supply line so when the furnace isn't running and you are using the electric heat you would still be able to turn on the little circulation fan to keep heat going to the basement.
I guess you could get along with a single throw as long as you have the 3 poles on the back side of the switch. Then the 3 poles would be wired like I stated above.
I always like the double throw that way if I want to turn off power totally to the circulation fan I do that by putting the switch in the center position. I just wired my enclosed trailer this way. I installed backup/docking lights and have switched it so if I put the truck into reverse with the switch in this position the docking lights come on. But I also wanted the lights to work off the aux 12VDC battery I installed in the trailer when not hooked to the truck so I wired it off this switch.
Kerry if I'm wrong please correct me.
May-06-2014 11:55 AM
May-06-2014 10:27 AM
kerry4951 wrote:stickbowjoe wrote:
Electric heaters are for moderate temps, I reckon.
When it gets really cold, you gotta run that furnace. It does more than keep the living area comfy.
Not really. I installed a single pole 3 way switch into the basement fan so I can bypass the furnace mode and have the fan run while I am heating with my baseboard electric heater. I dont need the furnace to run while still circulating heat into the basement.
Feb-08-2014 02:18 PM
stickbowjoe wrote:
Electric heaters are for moderate temps, I reckon.
When it gets really cold, you gotta run that furnace. It does more than keep the living area comfy.
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