Heating Thermostat Hookup Question
Hello:
Replacing a very, very old Honeywell thermostat with one of those new digital ones. Have a forced hot water system (no cooling). It is a 2 wire system. The wires coming up to the existing thermostat (a mechanical one with the mercury vial on a coil spring type) are not color coded. Also, the screws where these wires connect to the old thermostat do Not have any molded-in labeling that I can see. May have worn off. My question is: Since these wires are "probably" coming from the secondary of a transformer, and operate a relay, can I safely assume, probably, that there is no polarity involved, and either can be hooked to either connector on the new thermostat that is for a 2 wire system ? The only reason I can think of that this wouldn't be true is if this transformer secondary might have one leg grounded, but I doubt (but am not sure) that this is the case. Any thoughts on ? Thanks, Bob |
Heating Thermostat Hookup Question
You've got a 24 volt series 80 thermostat, probably a Honeywell T87, you can
replace it with any series 80 two wire thermostat. It doesn't matter which wire goes to R or W "Robert11" wrote in message . .. Hello: Replacing a very, very old Honeywell thermostat with one of those new digital ones. Have a forced hot water system (no cooling). It is a 2 wire system. The wires coming up to the existing thermostat (a mechanical one with the mercury vial on a coil spring type) are not color coded. Also, the screws where these wires connect to the old thermostat do Not have any molded-in labeling that I can see. May have worn off. My question is: Since these wires are "probably" coming from the secondary of a transformer, and operate a relay, can I safely assume, probably, that there is no polarity involved, and either can be hooked to either connector on the new thermostat that is for a 2 wire system ? The only reason I can think of that this wouldn't be true is if this transformer secondary might have one leg grounded, but I doubt (but am not sure) that this is the case. Any thoughts on ? Thanks, Bob |
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