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Post by dennym57 on Oct 15, 2024 13:13:32 GMT
Woke up to 37 degree temperatures this morning the furnace is miss behaving, but working. A friend who knows how to work on them is stopping by to install a new thermostat mainly because I'm not handy that way and I'm not ready to give my kidney for a service call. However if it comes to that, I guess my left kidney will do.đ
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Post by healey36 on Oct 15, 2024 13:33:07 GMT
Down to 40 degrees overnight; I'm surprised the heat-pump (a misnomer if there ever was one) didn't kick on. The "fall snap" is here.
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Post by Adam on Oct 15, 2024 13:50:42 GMT
Getting chilly here in central MA as well. But they say we are back in the 70s next week. Probably the last hurrah
I donât mind waking up in the 30s and getting into the 50s or 60s.
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Post by twincities on Oct 15, 2024 15:00:09 GMT
for those of us in the southwest this is great news your shut in and we can open doors n windows and turn the ac units off am sure you'll be so unhappy being inside working on layouts and running trains with no grass or outside things needing done
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Oct 15, 2024 15:41:11 GMT
Woke up to 37 degree temperatures this morning the furnace is miss behaving, but working. A friend who knows how to work on them is stopping by to install a new thermostat mainly because I'm not handy that way and I'm not ready to give my kidney for a service call. However if it comes to that, I guess my left kidney will do.đ Oh, c'mon, DennyM -- I have faith you can master the two or three wires the typical thermostat has, even the fancy electronic ones you can program and/or control from your phone! If not, back slowly away from your layout, and call the local fire marshal . . . 
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Post by healey36 on Oct 15, 2024 16:45:17 GMT
Woke up to 37 degree temperatures this morning the furnace is miss behaving, but working. A friend who knows how to work on them is stopping by to install a new thermostat mainly because I'm not handy that way and I'm not ready to give my kidney for a service call. However if it comes to that, I guess my left kidney will do.đ Oh, c'mon, DennyM -- I have faith you can master the two or three wires the typical thermostat has, even the fancy electronic ones you can program and/or control from your phone! If not, back slowly away from your layout, and call the local fire marshal . . . When I replaced my old thermostat there were eleven wires to be dealt with...the replacement new "smart" thermostat only had ten terminals.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Oct 15, 2024 18:44:47 GMT
Oh, c'mon, DennyM -- I have faith you can master the two or three wires the typical thermostat has, even the fancy electronic ones you can program and/or control from your phone! If not, back slowly away from your layout, and call the local fire marshal . . . When I replaced my old thermostat there were eleven wires to be dealt with...the replacement new "smart" thermostat only had ten terminals. Good grief, what were you trying to control, the Space Shuttle?? IME, even smart thermostats only require two control wires if heat only, and three (w. common ground) or four (w. separate/redundant grounds) if heating and A/C. Most take power from the control circuit voltage (some w. built-in backup battery), but I suppose some could require an external power source that might require a couple more wires, but ten/eleven??
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Oct 15, 2024 18:53:20 GMT
Never mind -- I answered at least part of my own question. I googled smart thermostat wiring, and it appears various HVAC systems have a variety of wire patterns, up to about five or so. Still don't see any 10/11 wire combos, though . . .
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Post by healey36 on Oct 15, 2024 19:27:56 GMT
No clue, but I had to get an HVAC guy and another from the utility company to sort it out. I wired it first, but the heat would only run on âauxiliaryâ. I had a detailed wiring schematic from the manufacturer. I connected all ten of the idâd wires, leaving one additional disconnected. The HVAC guy checked and said I had it wired correctly and just put a wire nut on no. 11. Still wouldnâtât run correctly. He gave up, so I called in a BGE guy to sort it out.
I had to replace the first floor zone heat pump a couple months ago...the installer assured me the system was tested and the heat will work properly. A/C works fine. I guess weâll know later this week when the chill hits.
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Post by healey36 on Oct 16, 2024 13:30:02 GMT
Heat came on overnight, so it's working...yea!!!
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Post by atsda on Oct 16, 2024 16:50:09 GMT
Paul, I am glad it's wired correctly now. If you had not gotten it correctly, your toilet would have stopped working. My wife reported that there was frost on neighbor's foofs. There have been pleasant daytime temps, and we are enjoying the start of fall in our new neighborhood. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Oct 16, 2024 17:56:46 GMT
Thanks Alfred, but what's a "foof"?
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Post by superwarp1 on Oct 16, 2024 18:16:23 GMT
Western Mass, still waiting on the first frost to kill all these damn mosquitos carrying EEE or what have you. Maybe tomorrow up 20's in the AM
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Post by twincities on Oct 16, 2024 18:17:10 GMT
well now my ac guy wanted to install a fancy thermostat I said no thank you give me a stat turn on select heat or cool set temp and that's it easy peasy over easy not a fan of smart devices to each there own and i wonder why 10-11 wires think mine had 4 or 5 wires and if your ac guy couldn't get it going i'd really rethink using him took me 3 techs to find one that actually knows what he's doing and when he leaves the unit is functioning correctly and yes he's close to retirement im going to miss him
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Post by healey36 on Oct 16, 2024 19:10:10 GMT
well now my ac guy wanted to install a fancy thermostat I said no thank you give me a stat turn on select heat or cool set temp and that's it easy peasy over easy not a fan of smart devices to each there own and i wonder why 10-11 wires think mine had 4 or 5 wires and if your ac guy couldn't get it going i'd really rethink using him took me 3 techs to find one that actually knows what he's doing and when he leaves the unit is functioning correctly and yes he's close to retirement im going to miss him Which is why I run conventional in the basement...I don't need TMCC/DCS/DCC/Odyssey/Legacy/ad nauseum to do something as simple as run a toy train around a loop of track. Now, a camera in my refrigerator so I can use my smart phone to see if I need milk...yeah, I'm all over that.
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