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Central Heating Room Thermostat - wiring problem
Please can someone help with a wiring problem.
I have a Honeywell Room Thermostat in the lounge which has two wires (each with a red and a black inside so four inside) which go to the heating control box in the airing cupboard. I can't see where these should connect in the airing cupboard. In the airing cupboard I have a Potterton EP2000 programmer and a control box. Thank you |
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wrote: I have a Honeywell Room Thermostat in the lounge which has two wires (each with a red and a black inside so four inside) which go to the heating control box in the airing cupboard. Older thermostats have three 'mains' wires - ignoring the earth. A live feed, a neutral, and a switch return to the pump. The person wiring yours should really have used a triple and earth rather than two twin and earths. One wire out of the four will be unused. I can't see where these should connect in the airing cupboard. In the airing cupboard I have a Potterton EP2000 programmer and a control box. You'll need the appropriate wiring diagram for the type of installation you have. -- *Stable Relationships Are For Horses. * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:28:31 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , wrote: I have a Honeywell Room Thermostat in the lounge which has two wires (each with a red and a black inside so four inside) which go to the heating control box in the airing cupboard. Older thermostats have three 'mains' wires - ignoring the earth. A live feed, a neutral, and a switch return to the pump. The person wiring yours should really have used a triple and earth rather than two twin and earths. One wire out of the four will be unused. And some newer electronic ones as well. What's the recommended wiring colours to use for this - I put the receiving end of a wireless pair yesterday and used red for live, blue for neutral and yellow for switched return. It sort of felt right as an amalgam of the two colour schemes! -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:00:27 +0000, Nick Atty
strung together this: What's the recommended wiring colours to use for this - It doesn't matter, anything live has brown sleeving on it, anything neutral has blue sleeving on it and anything earth has green\yellow sleeving on it no atter what the manufactured colours are. -- SJW Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject |
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In article ,
Nick Atty wrote: Older thermostats have three 'mains' wires - ignoring the earth. A live feed, a neutral, and a switch return to the pump. The person wiring yours should really have used a triple and earth rather than two twin and earths. One wire out of the four will be unused. And some newer electronic ones as well. What's the recommended wiring colours to use for this - I put the receiving end of a wireless pair yesterday and used red for live, blue for neutral and yellow for switched return. It sort of felt right as an amalgam of the two colour schemes! That's what I'd use, but under the old colours the blue should have a black sleeve on it to denote it's a neutral, and the yellow a red sleeve to denote it's a live. -- *With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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