The Honeywell manual should have instructions on which type of other thermostat connections translate to where on the Honeywell one.
I know my Hunter™ thermostat did.
OTOH? I also have four wires, I assume two were for A/C, so...
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
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DCJensen - Dec 11, 2005 3:49:34 pm PST #5933 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Nutty - Dec 11, 2005 3:51:30 pm PST #5934 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's got nice diagrams of what to do with 2, 3, 4, or 5 wires; and I did what the diagram said. Like I said, I'm pretty sure I have the right wires in the right holes; but I've re-fiddled with them twice to make sure they're making contact, and still no heat. So, I'm grasping at straws.
I really don't want to have to go back and re-install the old one, not least because I spackled over the old screw holes.
DCJensen - Dec 11, 2005 3:55:37 pm PST #5935 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I guess I would check the furnace end to see if they have the wires hooked up correctely there, or as you siad, swap the wires.
OTOH? try setting the thermostat to some obscenely high number, like 80 degrees.
It's sometimes the little obvious things that get me. What are the switches/settings set at? (I'm assuming that it's set ot "On" or "Heat"...)
Eddie - Dec 11, 2005 3:57:26 pm PST #5936 of 10003
Your tag here.
Nutty - Dec 11, 2005 3:57:52 pm PST #5937 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The furnace was fine till I took off the old thermostat, so I'm assuming the problem is up here, not in the basement. I tried setting it to 75, and am having no luck. I'll go back through the obvious things again, but I think I covered all of them.
So. Frustating.
DCJensen - Dec 11, 2005 3:59:42 pm PST #5938 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Honeywell Thermostat Wizard
t red faced I should have thought of googling.
DCJensen - Dec 11, 2005 4:02:15 pm PST #5939 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
My Spymac web page is stuck in transition. Where else can I have free reliable webspace nowadays?
Nutty - Dec 11, 2005 4:03:23 pm PST #5940 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Actually, that wizard does not seem to cover my model. I walked through it anyway, with a model that seemed similar, but didn't get any big revelations. Off to ply the pliers.
DXMachina - Dec 11, 2005 4:30:08 pm PST #5941 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Grasping at straws obvious stuff:
If it's programmable, are you sure you've got the time settings right, i.e. 9:30 pm Sunday instead of 9:30 am Monday, or suchlike?
It still might be worth taking a look downstairs just to see if the furnace breaker got tripped for some reason. Check the furnace switch (the one that looks like a light switch, but with a red plate), too.
Worse comes to worst, hook up the old one for tonight, and tape it to the wall.
Nutty - Dec 11, 2005 5:49:13 pm PST #5942 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Hooked up the old one. Had to try twice to get the damned wires to stay on the leads. Cross fingers that banging noise means heat for the first time in 8 hours.
While I am in the business of electrocuting myself, I must ask -- say you've got pretty wide-bore wires coming out of the wall, and thermostats, even old ones, don't seem to be designed for wires that wide. (We are talking 4mm wide, wide enough you couldn't use that size wire for an earring.) Is it legitimate to work up a kludge whereby you attach tiny fine wires to the giganto-useless wires, and then wind your fine pretty wires around the infinitessimal leads? And if I tried to do that, would I necessarily electrocute myself?
(Okay, yes to that last, since I know the wires are live and know where the fuse box is. So if I promised to turn everything off first, would it be a legitimate kludge? And, who designs these things? And how can I arrange for that person to be hanged, preferably with coax cable from a telephone pole?)