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We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air
conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. |
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allanc wrote:
We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm |
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Leroy wrote:
allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/.../thermo_14.htm |
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allanc wrote:
It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? If no LCD readout and buttons, it's mechanical. When you remove the cover, check how the base is screwed to the wall. Likely a screw at the top and a screw at the bottom and the screw at the bottom may go thru an 'oblong' hole rather than round. If so, loosen the top and bottom screws slightly and rotate the base slightly in one direction. If that improves the accuracy, good. If it makes it worse, rotate the base in the opposite direction. Does that improve accuracy? What this is all about is that mech Tstats are supposed to be installed perfectly level and if not, accuracy can be off for some mechanical Tstats. |
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allanc wrote:
On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? Hi, That is not so. All the testing done shows 5 to 15% energy savings. Many digital 'stats have some intelligence. It does not work in linear mode. |
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Most electronic ones keep the house temperature much more stable than an old
mechanical one so even if you don't want to program it it is worth switching. Follow the instructions when changing it out. Specifically mark the wires with labels indicating what they were attached to on the old thermostat so you can hook them up to the new one. "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? |
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what makes you think it is the WR thermostat that is wrong?
s "allanc" wrote in message ... We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. |
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Art wrote:
Most electronic ones keep the house temperature much more stable than an old mechanical one so even if you don't want to program it it is worth switching. Follow the instructions when changing it out. Specifically mark the wires with labels indicating what they were attached to on the old thermostat so you can hook them up to the new one. "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? Hi, Just to be sure turn the power off to the furnace when working on 'ststs. |
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While you've got the thing out, check and make sure there's insulation
in the wall behind the stat. If there isn't, stuff some in the hole where the wire comes out. On Sep 11, 9:05*pm, allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. |
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On Sep 11, 11:02�pm, allanc wrote:
On Sep 11, 10:41�pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? �Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? WRONG! Its always better to turn heat down, sincve the builkdings lower temp loses heat slower. before i was married the home lived most of its time at 50 degrees to save gas since i was rarely home. |
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Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of
negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? WRONG! Its always better to turn heat down, since the building's lower temp loses heat slower. before i was married the home lived most of its time at 50 degrees to save gas since i was rarely home.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Agree: Not sure where that theory or perhaps 'myth' comes from? That is the idea that because house has been cooler for the past eight to ten hours over night it somehow takes MORE heat to bring it back up to your day time temperature! There are a lot of variables of courses but while people seem to accept that if they go away for several weeks (in say the winter) and turn down the thermostat real low the furnace will use less oil/gas while they are away. Sure enough the house will be really cool, even chilly when they return and turn up to the 'normal' setting but once it has warmed back up, once, they will be back to their normal daily heating cycle and consumption will be based on outside temperatures, wind heat loss and how well the structure is insulated. In fact it could be argued that the furnace operating in the morning to bring house back up to day temp. will be operating more efficiently that in a constant cutting in and out mode? Maybe the thought is based on the old fashioned idea of allowing the stove to be damped down, or even allowed to go out during the night and then getting up in the morning, stoking it and opening up the draft to get a 'roaring' fire to heat the house up again? |
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"allanc" wrote in message ... We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. I have a White Rogers and there is an adjustment that allows you to compensate for a difference between the display and the set temperature readouts. I believe that the max adjustment is about 3 or 4 degrees. Have you used an accurate thermometer to determine the actual temperature at the thermostat location? New batteries? MLD |
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On Sep 12, 9:40*am, "MLD" wrote:
"allanc" wrote in message ... We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. I have a White Rogers and there is an adjustment that allows you to compensate for a difference between the display and the set temperature readouts. *I believe that the max adjustment is about 3 or 4 degrees. *Have you used an accurate thermometer to determine the actual temperature at the thermostat location? *New batteries? MLD To be honest, I never knew that mechanical thermostats could have batteries. As I said in original post, we recently moved into this post. One day last week, the stat read about 72 degrees and I was *really* uncomfortable. I placed two digit thermomoters (separately) on top of the stat and they each displayed about 80-81 degress. |
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On Sep 11, 11:14*pm, Tony Hwang wrote:
allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message .... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? *Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? Hi, That is not so. All the testing done shows 5 to 15% energy savings. Many digital 'stats have some intelligence. It does not work in linear mode.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It is the opinion of one of my brother-in-laws. If we take an 'extreme' example of comparing during a cold winter: 1. allowing house to cool from 70 (F) to 68 (F) overnight (11 pm to 7 am) and then returning to 70 (F) during the day. versus 2. allowing house to cool from 70 (F) to 50 (F) overnight (11 pm to 7 am) and then returning to 70 (F) during the day. Will the actual cost of energy be less with #2? Wear and tear on the furnace,etc would be a separate issue. |
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Yes, I remember my parents house was oil heated and had a round thermostat. I think that it allowed a 2-3 variance. But, that may have been part of the design of the thermostat. On Sep 11, 11:17*pm, "Art" wrote: Most electronic ones keep the house temperature much more stable than an old mechanical one so even if you don't want to program it it is worth switching. Follow the instructions when changing it out. *Specifically mark the wires with labels indicating what they were attached to on the old thermostat so you can hook them up to the new one. "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? |
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Compared reading to two digial thermometers.
See other posts. On Sep 11, 11:20*pm, "Steve Barker DLT" wrote: what makes you think it is the WR thermostat that is wrong? s "allanc" wrote in message ... We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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On Sep 12, 7:19*am, " wrote:
On Sep 11, 11:02 pm, allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message .... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? WRONG! Its always better to turn heat down, sincve the builkdings lower temp loses heat slower. before i was married the home lived most of its time at 50 degrees to save gas since i was rarely home.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Just curious.... How long did it take to heat from 50 to something comfortable? |
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yes,
s "allanc" wrote in message ... Will the actual cost of energy be less with #2? Wear and tear on the furnace,etc would be a separate issue. |
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An old mercury thermostat had to be set to allow a little temperature
drift to prevent short cycling. An electronic thermostat can be programmed with a timer as well to prevent short cycling, so it can keep tighter temperature control (that is, if it is in "cool" mode, and the temperature rises quickly after the A/C shuts off, a mercury stat will wait until the temp. rises 3 degrees or so to kick back on. The electronic will kick on as soon as the temp rises past its threshold - probably less than a degree - but will not actually turn the A/C on if not enough time has elapsed since the A/C shut off. It'll wait 2-3 minutes to let the compressor unload and then let it start. nate allanc wrote: Yes, I remember my parents house was oil heated and had a round thermostat. I think that it allowed a 2-3 variance. But, that may have been part of the design of the thermostat. On Sep 11, 11:17 pm, "Art" wrote: Most electronic ones keep the house temperature much more stable than an old mechanical one so even if you don't want to program it it is worth switching. Follow the instructions when changing it out. Specifically mark the wires with labels indicating what they were attached to on the old thermostat so you can hook them up to the new one. "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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On Sep 12, 3:28�pm, allanc wrote:
On Sep 12, 7:19�am, " wrote: On Sep 11, 11:02 pm, allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 10:41 pm, "Bob M." wrote: "allanc" wrote in message ... It's a mechanical type. I will take the cover off tomorrow in the daylight and try to get the model number. The unit is probably decades old. Do you think the manual would actually have troubleshooting tips such as when the temperature is off by 8 degrees? Mechanical thermostat? Don't bother fixing it. Get a programmable electronic one & save big money. Someone once told me that in his opinion, there was a point of negative return. For example, in the winter, if you turn down the temperature *too* low at night, the cost of warming the house to the daytime temperature would exceed the savings that you obtained at night. Comments? WRONG! Its always better to turn heat down, sincve the builkdings lower temp loses heat slower. before i was married the home lived most of its time at 50 degrees to save gas since i was rarely home.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Just curious.... How long did it take to heat from 50 to something comfortable?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - about 20 minutes, till it was comfy. a little longer till 70 degrees. saved a lot of gas and $$$ |
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On Sep 11, 9:54*pm, "Leroy" wrote:
Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...thermo_14.htm- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? |
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allanc wrote:
On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...thermo_14.htm- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327.pdf MikeB |
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On Sep 14, 10:32*am, bq340 wrote:
allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...mo_14.htm-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327... MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am getting 'Page Cannot be Displayed' in Internet Explorer. Would it be possible for you to attach it to a post here? Thank you so much in advance. |
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http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/index.html "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 14, 10:32 am, bq340 wrote: allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...mo_14.htm-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327... MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am getting 'Page Cannot be Displayed' in Internet Explorer. Would it be possible for you to attach it to a post here? Thank you so much in advance. |
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On Sep 14, 11:53*am, "Old and Grunpy" wrote:
http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/index.html "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 14, 10:32 am, bq340 wrote: allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/.../thermo_14.htm.... quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327.... MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am getting 'Page Cannot be Displayed' in Internet Explorer. Would it be possible for you to attach it to a post here? Thank you so much in advance.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I did try searching... honestly. Your search for 1E56W309 did not return a result. Please re-enter your Model Number. |
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allanc wrote:
On Sep 14, 11:53 am, "Old and Grunpy" wrote: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/index.html "allanc" wrote in message ... On Sep 14, 10:32 am, bq340 wrote: allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/.../thermo_14.htm... quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327... MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am getting 'Page Cannot be Displayed' in Internet Explorer. Would it be possible for you to attach it to a post here? Thank you so much in advance.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I did try searching... honestly. Your search for 1E56W309 did not return a result. Please re-enter your Model Number. Hmmm, Try to Google this exact phrase: 1E56W 309 manual then click on the first match & look for 1E56W-309 on that page MikeB |
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Thermostat - Possible to Adjust
On Sep 14, 1:04*pm, bq340 wrote:
allanc wrote: On Sep 14, 11:53 am, "Old and Grunpy" wrote: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/index.html "allanc" wrote in message .... On Sep 14, 10:32 am, bq340 wrote: allanc wrote: On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, "Leroy" wrote: Leroy wrote: allanc wrote: We recently moved into a home with a natural gas fired furnace, air conditioning and a 'White Rogers' thermostat. The temperature displayed on the thermostat is off about 8 degrees Fahrenheit. I have some basic skills but not *really* handy. Is there some adjustment that is necessary to the thermostat that I would probably be able to perform? Thanks in advance. Manual thermostats can often be 'tweaked' by rotating the entire thermostat a slight amount (a few degrees). If electronic, Go to this site and see if you can locate a 'Owners Manual' ? http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/...ech_thermo.htm Even better, go to this link, click on your Tstat and get operating instructions: http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/.../thermo_14.htm... quoted text - - Show quoted text - The model # is 1E56W309 and I could not find a manual at White-Rogers site or anywhere else. On the inside of the cover their is a plastic screw that seems to be attached to the thermometer. Is that for adjusting? The manual is listed he http://www.white-rodgers.com/wrdhom/pdfs/instruction_sheets/0037-5327... MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am getting 'Page Cannot be Displayed' in Internet Explorer. Would it be possible for you to attach it to a post here? Thank you so much in advance.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I did try searching... honestly. Your search for 1E56W309 did not return a result. Please re-enter your Model Number. Hmmm, Try to Google this exact phrase: 1E56W 309 manual then click on the first match & look for 1E56W-309 on that page MikeB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Got it! Thanks. Before I got the manual, I adjusted the screw on the back of the thermometer to align the current temp with a digital thermometer. I then set the required temp to about 72 degrees (f). The a/c is cutting out at about 80-81. The a/c is still cutting out |
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