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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
"sofireme" wrote in message news:4ceb66f7074c97aa8ee723e2d223ac2e@homerepairli ve.com... I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Are you using the right cells (batteries). Rechargeables often develop less voltage. If so, the thermostat is defective. |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
"sofireme" wrote in message news:4ceb66f7074c97aa8ee723e2d223ac2e@homerepairli ve.com... I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Are the contacts clean in the thermostat? Where the batteries go, that is. Clean them with a pencil eraser. Have you checked the batteries on a meter? |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
In my furnace, if the safety decides to disconnect it stops juice to the
thermostat which then runs down the back up battery and end up with drained battery. Usually happens if condensation pump sticks and overflow tells furnace to turn off. If you have a condensation pump check the sump to see if it is full. Otherwise you may have a more significant furnace problem. Condensation pump floats often stick due to algae and sump needs to be cleaned once in a while. "sofireme" wrote in message news:4ceb66f7074c97aa8ee723e2d223ac2e@homerepairli ve.com... I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. |
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sofireme wrote:
I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Hi, When lo battery is indicated it has few more days juice left to function. Use good Alkaline ones. If it keeps doing that maybe something wrong with the 'stat; like cracked solder joint/PCB trace, etc. |
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"Art" wrote in message link.net... In my furnace, if the safety decides to disconnect it stops juice to the thermostat which then runs down the back up battery and end up with drained battery. Usually happens if condensation pump sticks and overflow tells furnace to turn off. If you have a condensation pump check the sump to see if it is full. Otherwise you may have a more significant furnace problem. Condensation pump floats often stick due to algae and sump needs to be cleaned once in a while. "sofireme" wrote in message news:4ceb66f7074c97aa8ee723e2d223ac2e@homerepairli ve.com... I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Hard to believe that you allow the condensate pump to shut down your furnace. What's the better option---some water on the floor or frozen pipes? Do you actually spend time away in the winter unconcerned that a "sticky" float could trigger frozen pipes? MLD |
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"MLD" wrote in message news:ma8nh.55$Ke.40@trndny08... "Art" wrote in message link.net... In my furnace, if the safety decides to disconnect it stops juice to the thermostat which then runs down the back up battery and end up with drained battery. Usually happens if condensation pump sticks and overflow tells furnace to turn off. If you have a condensation pump check the sump to see if it is full. Otherwise you may have a more significant furnace problem. Condensation pump floats often stick due to algae and sump needs to be cleaned once in a while. "sofireme" wrote in message news:4ceb66f7074c97aa8ee723e2d223ac2e@homerepairli ve.com... I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Hard to believe that you allow the condensate pump to shut down your furnace. What's the better option---some water on the floor or frozen pipes? Do you actually spend time away in the winter unconcerned that a "sticky" float could trigger frozen pipes? MLD The issue is condensate backing up into the furnace. I didn't design it.... talk to industry leaders. My house has 3 separate HVAC systems. The only way my house could freeze is a power failure. |
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replying to sofireme, RDemarest wrote:
sofireme wrote: I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Had same problem with same stat. This worked for me. Pull cover. heat/off/cool switch to off. Remove batteries. remove red and white wires (which supply 24 volts to the circuit) hit reset button. Wait 20 minutes. restore red and white wires, put in batteries. Hit reset again. Wait 2 minutes and it should work. Basically cut all power for a while and reinstall. Manual apparently states batteries should be replaced with switch in off position but my quess is most people don't read the manual. This looks like a basic software bug. Good luck. -- |
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On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 8:44:05 PM UTC-4, RDemarest wrote:
replying to sofireme, RDemarest wrote: sofireme wrote: I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. Had same problem with same stat. This worked for me. Pull cover. heat/off/cool switch to off. Remove batteries. remove red and white wires (which supply 24 volts to the circuit) hit reset button. Wait 20 minutes. restore red and white wires, put in batteries. Hit reset again. Wait 2 minutes and it should work. Basically cut all power for a while and reinstall. Manual apparently states batteries should be replaced with switch in off position but my quess is most people don't read the manual. This looks like a basic software bug. Good luck. -- If you want to remove external power from the thermostat, it would seem it would be a lot easier to just turn off the AC power to the furnace, instead of removing wires from the thermostat. |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
replying to sofireme, robert wrote:
I solved the problem by replacing the sole electrolytic capacitor. Works again. original capacitor was 1000 uf 6 volts. I replaced with 1000 uf at 10 volts which is slightly bigger but the 6 volt one would work. I had the part and a soldering iron. -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to sofireme, robert wrote:
Find someone with a soldering iron and replace capacitor. Should cost about 30 cents on line. I spent quitr some time on research and ended up buying a new thermostat but did repair my RobertShaw in about two minutes. -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to RDemarest, robert wrote:
I wrote the above and thought it worked. No, it was working less than a day. You have to replace the electrolytic capacitor. It is the only component that degrades with time. Mine now works. -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to robert, Douglas wrote:
At the risk of sounding foolish, I discovered my thermostat does not like Duracell batteries. Convinced that maybe I just had a bad pack, I opened a new one. Still no good. On a whim, I slipped in another brand that I found loose in a drawer. I have no explanation for this, other than it worked. -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
On 2016-05-08, Douglas wrote:
replying to robert, Douglas wrote: At the risk of sounding foolish, I discovered my thermostat does not like Duracell batteries. Convinced that maybe I just had a bad pack, I opened a new one. Still no good. On a whim, I slipped in another brand that I found loose in a drawer. I have no explanation for this, other than it worked. You do not sound foolish, at all! I've had similar probs with copper-tops. I bought some brand new Duracell AA bats and put 'em in my brand new Maglite. Came out to my van at O dark thirty and turned on my brand new everything flashlight. It was a dark Wintery morning, jes below freezing. The Duracells would not light! Not even faintly. later that day, I bought brand new Energizers and put them in my Maglite. Very next morning, it was about the same time and temp (dark, jes below freezing) and the flashlight lit up jes fine. I've never bought another Duracell, again. nb |
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On 5/8/2016 1:00 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2016-05-08, Douglas wrote: At the risk of sounding foolish, You do not sound foolish, at all! Are Moaners Hub posts real people? -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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replying to sofireme, James wrote:
Try stretching out the negative terminal spring, it fixed mine with the same issue -- for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:14:01 +0000, James m wrote:
replying to sofireme, James wrote: Try stretching out the negative terminal spring, it fixed mine with the same issue Hey, dip ****, the OP had that problem nearly a decade ago. Pay attention! |
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replying to sofireme, robert wrote:
The only component that "ages" in this thermostat is the electrolytic capacitor. I solder in a new one and mine now works perfectly. I realize this is not an option for most users, but it works. -- for full context, visit http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to RDemarest, Diann Sanderson wrote:
Thank you and God Bless. I followed your instructions and everything started with out having to wait the 2 minutes. Thank you again ! -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to sofireme, MainframeSysop wrote:
Not sure if this will help, but I have a TX1500uc / TX1500 Thermostat and the BATT LOW would not go away after placing fresh new batteries in the device. I took the batteries out, pressed and held the front buttons, pressed the RESET button inside the unit, even swapped the Elec/Gas jumper temporarily. Put everything back the way it was and popped the unit back on the wall and it was good. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...sh-181194-.htm |
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replying to Bob M., Jim wrote:
Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...sh-181194-.htm |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote:
replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Maybe it is calibrated in degrees Celsius, with manufacturer's assumption that a reasonable indoor temperature would not be hotter or colder than that (approx. 44.5 - 88 F). |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote:
replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news. The original thread goes back to 2007. The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on. He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. |
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On 3/10/2019 2:17 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news.* The original thread goes back to 2007.* The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on.* He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. Attn: Ed Pawlowski, For what it's worth, I follow USENET groups with Mozilla's Thunderbird. The msg I replied to came in as a new message today, formatted on Thunderbird as: *** replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...sh-181194-.htm *** I would have to spend all day clicking on all "full context" hyperlinks to see if any threads were stale. Is there a USENET reader that displays some indication that a specific thread is stale? In any case, thanks for alerting me. Obvious after reading the full original thread that I was way off base with my comment. |
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On 3/10/2019 2:55 PM, Peter wrote:
On 3/10/2019 2:17 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news.* The original thread goes back to 2007.* The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on.* He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. Attn: Ed Pawlowski, For what it's worth, I follow USENET groups with Mozilla's Thunderbird. The msg I replied to came in as a new message today, formatted on Thunderbird as: *** replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. I use Thunderbird portable. It also shows this: for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...sh-181194-.htm If you follow it back you can see how old the thread is. They often pop up when someone on HH replies years later. |
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:17:30 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news. The original thread goes back to 2007. The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on. He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. Even worse was his 218 Gerbils died during the same incident. |
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On Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:04:12 PM UTC-4, Peter wrote:
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Maybe it is calibrated in degrees Celsius, with manufacturer's assumption that a reasonable indoor temperature would not be hotter or colder than that (approx. 44.5 - 88 F). +1 And you can probably change it to F in the settings. |
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Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us...
On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news. The original thread goes back to 2007. The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on. He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. In honor of Unc: The gerbils made out okay. I miss him... -- Tekkie |
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Peter posted for all of us...
On 3/10/2019 2:17 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news.* The original thread goes back to 2007.* The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on.* He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. Attn: Ed Pawlowski, For what it's worth, I follow USENET groups with Mozilla's Thunderbird. The msg I replied to came in as a new message today, formatted on Thunderbird as: *** replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Aren't you special... -- Tekkie |
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Oren posted for all of us...
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:17:30 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 3/10/2019 1:14 PM, Jim wrote: replying to Bob M., Jim wrote: Temperature on thermostat is not accurate with room temperature. It will only read from 7 degrees to 31 degrees. Bad news. The original thread goes back to 2007. The original poster never got a good answer so the heat never came on. He was found dead the following spring when his body thawed and started to smell. Even worse was his 218 Gerbils died during the same incident. I just got here and thanks for your memorial. -- Tekkie |
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robert shaw thermostat says 'lo bat' but battery is fresh
New Duracell batteries will not work in thermostat but will in mag light. Guess Ill have to purchase different brand
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On Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 4:08:32 PM UTC-5, sofireme wrote:
I tried replacing the batteries twice. The first time the thermostat worked fine for a couple hours but after that it shuts off and says 'lo bat'. I referred to the users manual and got nothing. Thanks, people. I found a reset button on my 9600. Repat removing the batteries and hold reset button down for approximately 10 sec. Replace batteries and reprogram the thermostat. |
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