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Default Cat 6 as thermostat wire

On 9/12/2010 9:25 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
It's good to use what's designed for the usage. That way, the next
people who work on the system will be less confused. "Hey, bub...
isn't that phone wire? What's that doing inside a furnace?" "Dunno.
Lets rip it out."


On this, at least, we agree. Avoid doing things in non-standard ways,
but if/when you have to, leave notes for the next guy. Either yourself
in five years when you won't remember what the heck you did, or some
poor tradesman in 20 years after your heirs start fixing the place up to
sell it off.

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