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13 July 2011

Rewiring Thermostat to Furnace

Currently, the wiring from our furnace to our thermostat only has two wires, red and white. These two wires let our heat and fan to be on or both to be off. I want to add a third wire so that the heat and fan can be on, the fan only can be on or both are off. I got some new wire with three wires so that I can run a wire from G on the furnace to G on the thermostat. I hope that works! Below is a good website that lists the colors of wires and what they do. We don't have AC so that's less wiring for me!

I'm still looking for a good video about how to pull the new wire using the old wire.

http://www.dr-fix-it.com/ttt/10005.html


Terminal
Designation
Wire
Color
Function
Description
Rh Red 24 Volt Hot for Heating
Rc Red 24 Volt Hot for Cooling
Y1 Yellow First Stage Cooling
Y2 Blue Second Stage Cooling
G Green
Grey *
Energizes Indoor Fan
W1 White Energizes First Stage Heat
W2 Black Energizes Second Stage Heat
O Orange Heat Pump
Reversing Valve
Energized In Cooling
B Brown Heat Pump
Reversing Valve
Energized In Heating
C Brown** 24 Volt Neutral
(Common) leg

1 comment:

  1. People tend to just hire professional to deal with that kind of problem, mostly to make sure that it is done correctly. But if you really know what you're doing, I don't see why you wouldn't want to take a crack at it, right? And if it turns out that you can fix it with ease, then that'll save you a lot by not having to call the pros. Cheers!

    Shelley Coday @ C & C

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