Mistakes made when hooking up a thermostat Avoid them watch
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2013
- Often when installing a thermostat people have no or little idea of what to do. Thermostatscan be a little tricky BUT this is a pretty good plain answer what each terminal does on the back plate where you hook your control voltage wires.
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Great info! The “main” speaker obviously knows what he’s talking about! The camera guy really should be quiet and let the speaker finish. He’s rushing him. Switch places if you need to, but don’t talk on top of the speaker.
Aw. :/ His questions clarified a lot for me while watching. I appreciated it.
It's not bad enough for you to complain. So you be quiet.
Excellent video! Definitely gave me a greater understanding on how the basic wiring of the system works as I prepare to embark on a diy thermostat replacement adventure. Thank you, guys!
Unkhammun Ankh Your welcome and thanks for your very kind comments!
Glad these guys had the answer I was looking for! The O/B solved my problem, the manual said nothing!
you are the best, 2 hrs on the phone w/someone in India 2 min watching you.
thanks dm
+Meghan McCarthy Excellent glad we can help out
I can imagine the person in India saying in a very strong accent "You see sir, you connect the Green wire to the G and to the G."
And you say, "There is no green colored wire. I only have a black and a white, and a red. I'm able to connect the red and white wires, but I don't know what to do about the black. Can I use the black wire to connect G to G?"
The person in India says, " It is very important sir, that you have a green colored wire. Without a green wire it will not work. I'm sorry you will have to call a service technician and have him install a green wire, as my manual says only the green wire can be connected to the "G" on the thermostat and to the G terminal on the EFCM. Is there any other way I can be of help sir? "
Thanks. This was a basic but clear and helpful video. I was swapping thermostats and the connections on the two were not the same, and this helped me get it correct.
EXCELLENT! Cleared up a ton of questions.
Good video. This helped me clear up some confusion with my Honeywell RTH8500 and its separate "E" and "W2" wires from the old 7-wire bi-metal mercury switch thermostat. I have W2 running to Aux on the Honeywell terminal block and the system tested fine, just wanted to be sure.
+tansit2344 Thanks for your comments !
I just wanted to say thank you for this video, it is a very good explanation of the thermostat wiring. I just purchased a home and am installing a new thermostat, this really helped. I just wish you were closer to Mississippi so I could hire you.
That's what we like to hear about!. Enjoy the new house thanks for the comment !
Keep it simple stupid great job guys!!!!! Understanding makes it so much easier
Thank you, a great straight forward explanation of the basics.
Wasn't sure about this video at first but as I continued to watch it helped me a lot. The O/B section solved my problem.
Great !!! Glad out HVAC channel helps you out. Its nice to be able to get the thermostat fixed, good job
Can you tell when I put nest when I have
Y
R
G
W
O/B
For nest generation 3
for the first time I understood..When you comparing with a car was BRILLIANT. the y is alway running the O determine if it is cool a heat.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!
EXTREMELY HELPFUL!!! :)
Great job explaining what all the letters represented.
This is a good and helpful video, but I think on your large chart it would be better to show not only the Thermostat connections, but the connections on the furnace or AC (heat pump) unit that the thermostat is connecting to. Also for some archaic reason the industry continues to use the colors of wire as the recipe for hook up. In other words, a red wire is connect to "R" on the Thermostat and to the "R" terminal on the furnace control board. However you could actually use any color wire to connect "R" to "R". It would make a lot more sense to have "R - 24 volts" printed on the furnace board and more importantly in the manual or documentation. I've found the documentation included with a new Goodman furnace to be particularly pathetic in this regard. Another oddity if there weren't enough is "G" to stand for room air fan or Fan . "Y" for AC compressor. Who would have guessed? Why not "AC" for AC, and "F" for fan? On the control board and eeven inside the the thermostat it could be printed as "G - fan" Then there could be a note or sticker or printed into the plastic "Note large letters = traditional wire colors make sure the proper devices as specified are connected together regardless of actual wire color. Apparently a traditional simple thermostat had two terminals and a single insulated wire with individual red and white wires inside. "R" was meant to hook up to one side of a 24 volt transformer, and "W" (the white wire) was meant to go to one side of the gas valve with the other terminal of the gas valve connected to the transformer. When the thermostat closed, the circuit was completed and the gas would open, and the gas would be ignited by the pilot light. Perhaps all of this should be taught in Jr. High School, making American education more relevant and practical.
Educationat school is not to be helpful, its indoctorination to allow govt and coorporations to make money. If it was simple and made sense... what would mech contractors do? And since they build this stuff why would they eliminate their own jobs. That would be like a Doctor selling antibiotics over the counter!
Great explanation through out especially about the jumper wire.
Well done. Confirmed my recent hookup of a Honeywell unit. Thanks!
Its great to help out the community with a video glad it helped
excellent ITS WHAT WE WANT
+bob carrothers Great comment thank you
@@Environc hey any advice on a Honeywell thermostat, that needs a Y wire where there isnt an existing wire from unit? On the previous thermostat there was a yellow jumper wire that was a part of the unit from the factory. Right now, both the T and the unit are running as they should but it seems to be just recirculating air. Any advice on that missing Y wire would be appreciated. Btw, already contacted HW, and their recommendation was quite helpful: "call an electrician". Lol. 👎
* Edit: so just saw that my ac unit outside isnt running, assuming that missing y wire is what would power that?
very clear and precise instructions.
Excellent video. Didn’t get bored. Very well presented and understood. Good job!
Great Video! thanks guys. Best explanation I have seen.
Very good, Thank You for taking the time.....
Your welcome glad to help out. simple mistakes can often be avoided with a basic overview
Any time you have wires you are not sure about trace it back to the other units , make sure you understand what colors are on what terminals. Because often if they are mismatched you clearly are going to have problems. Sounds like you need to trace it back to the root.
It's not actually about colors but more about having the proper terminals connected together regardless of what color wire is used to connect them. Naturally in a perfect world the colors of the wire would match the color labels on the terminals, but that's not what makes it work. It will only work properly if the proper terminals are connected together on each separate device.
Thanks, Ryan. Awesome!
Good video, comprehensive, easy to understand. Well done
Thank you for your comment awesome great to know we are making a difference
Thanks! all i needed to know was what the other color for my AC unit was. one was on the 24v, which made sense but was having a hard time finding out where the other wire went to compete the circuit
Very clear concise information, in spite of the rocky start lol
good video thanks. im an Electrician but ran in a few. i have a customer that wants to replace a programmable thermostat with a Horizontal non programmable thermostat. i havent even looked at the situation yet but its good to know what each one actually does instead of replacing wire for wire.
Excellent explanation it helped us fix our problem!!!
Thanks man. Great video. Very useful
Not sure why there are so many dislikes. Great explanation - thanks!
Never sure why people are so creepy, but I liked it
Thanks you really help me out. I was having trouble connecting my new thermostat and the OB was the problem when I switched it to heat pump it came on correctly. Thanks again.
Very helpful. Thanks! thumbed up!
Very helpful video. Thanks
Awesome instruction.
+Tim Grimes Thank you
Great info. Thank you
Informative and entertaining at the same time. I clearly did not know what color wires served which function. There are several small colored wires coming out of the overall insulated wire. Wish Honeywell would have put together a "how to” video for the thermostat I just bought. Only one was of HW selling their products.
Hello and thanks for the videos. I am replacing an old mercury based Dayton thermostat with a White Rodgers 1F78. It appears the wiring scheme is unorthodox for this old thermostat but it worked perfectly, I just wanted to convert to digital. Anyway, the blue wire was connected to R5, White wire to Y6 and Red wire to W4. I am trying to figure out which ports are equivalent on the 1F78 because it seems to simply stay on. I have heat only; a Weil-McLain boiler
nice, clear explanation.
I agree....the cameraman really detracts from the speaker
that vertical video though. and they got subs...
Excellent! thank you.
+math teacher Your welcome
Great video. However I believe and I could be wrong on this, but I'm sure many of the units I've operated functions as I describe. At about 3:40 talking about the Fan mode and System Mode, you stated if they system is in off mode then the fan will not operate, that the system is in complete off. I believe even if you place the System switch to off, you can still run the fan mode only. It is designed this way to allow the user to be sure that the System settings in heat or AC are not on and can only operate the fan only mode. Say you just want to move air in the house without having heat or AC.
Great video. Love your blue collar NC accent - it let me know that you were the guy in the know!
Wonderful video thanks
Great video
thank you this was clear and precise. just the info I needed...
+J. José Rivera Torres Thanks glad it help
Decided to watch this video as an afterthought/follow up .. well, I guessed thru it, and got it right .. thx 4 posting this …
This video was so helpful! Thank you so much for the breakdown and understanding of the wiring as this help me with an issue I had with my Nest where the reversing valve was glitched or not working properly, and when resetting helped me make sure the wiring was correct and I set the O/B correctly. You saved me a good 750.00! Thanks again! AWESOME VIDEO!
What if there's no wire attached to o or b on a thermostat?
Thanks Ryan
Great video!
I have a honeywell three stage furnace. The old thermostat had "W3" but i bought an Emerson smart thermostat and it has a no W3 terminal, but does have a WE terminal. Do you figure it would be ok to just put the old W3 to the new WE terminal? I might be being overcautious, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
So I put in a thermostat for my mom... Her a/c was acting up and this was an easy fix to try as settings on it were changing when you didn't touch the buttons... I labeled the wires as I pulled off the old thermostat... Holes in the new thermostat exactly the same as the old one... Matching the letters to the now lettered wires... Set up the thermostat and turned it to cool... The heat ran! Mind you I hooked the new thermostat up identical... From what I read maybe an electrical problem actually IN the new thermostat?
You did a fantastic job in the explanation of all of this! Bravo in clear up up something that was as clear as mud to me before...now everything is crystal clear!!! GREAT JOB!!!
Thanks Great video!My tenant hooked up a thermostat without letting me know and I want to check if it is what I should do to correct it since I think there is an error. The thermostat is a Hunter 44272 that does combine Aux/E my unit is an old Trane (GE). X2 (emergency heat) is going to Aux/E on the thermostat and and W/Aux heat is going to a spot listed as blank in the thermostat diagram that is usually w for conventional heat contactor will my fear is this will activate the heating coils in heat mode no matter what.
Should I disconnect w/aux wire from the blank spot (for heat pump) on the hunter thermostat wire nut it and leave the X2 (emergency heat wire connected to the Aux/E?
Or should I add the w/aux wire to the Aux/E terminal on the thermostat and just wire nut the X2?
or as you said in the video it doesn't hurt to jump should I just add X2 and w/Aux to the Aux/E on the thermostat?
Thanks
Thanks Ryan !!
Could someone jumper W G and Y to make the themostat control the fan in both heating and cooling modes?
thanks for the video, I have the L8148E, and I want to change my thermostat for the RTH6580WF. I only use the heat and my old thermostat works with two wires. where you should connect the wires for the other thermostat. Thanks
C is common and that was hooked up to my old thermostat. Where would I put that on a honeywell RTH2510?
My thermostat for a system has a red white and green wire. My question would be, would green be placed in O or B to close the zone vavle
I was trying to install a new 5 wires thermostat replacing an old 4 wires.
I used extra wire as c wire but the furnace terminal board side already has a wires attached to it(C and Y), which runs to out side compressor unit. when I attached the new run c wire to this c terminal it is blowing out my 3 amp fuse.
where should I connect the c wire of the new thermostat then?
I have two black wires plus a ground. What terminal does the ground go to? Also, is R positive and W negative? Thanks!
great video.
My Goodman heat pump sometimes will turn the outside compressor unit on but fail to turn the air handler on and then it just runs and runs while the temperature in the house gets either really hot in the summer or really cold in the winter. I was told this could be a sequencer inside the air handler or it could be the thermostat which is not programmable but is a Janitrol with two mercury bulbs inside. If we turn the system off with a switch on the thermostat and then switch it back on later usually the fan will kick on and run fine for a while but then it will start acting up again. Does this sound like a bad thermostat or a sequencer inside the air handler? By the way thank you for helping me understand what the W & E screw terminals are for in my heat pump's thermostat.
Hi Just saw your question. Yes it could be a sequencer and or the thermostat often best thing check with your meter and see if its calling properly when the system calls for heat. Then you can start to break out where and Isolate.
90% of the issues we've seen in the field with wrong installations
Are following colors. W, to white , Y, to yellow G to green R,to red which is correct until
Blue goes to o/ b which is incorrect (C,to Blue) most customers see fuses blowing while attempting to operate the heat, months later.
The r jumper you mentioned is if your thermostat controls a separate unit for heat vs cooling like space board heaters and a Ac or swamp coolers. If there is a jumper from rc/rh it stays inplace if not always go to Rc/R with the Red
Nice video
Thermostat fiximg conshion ..Ris R y y. W.w..G G .c.c 24v cool .. conter conroll . Outer unit coil contrlled
Are there HVAC systems that fill up all the holes in the thermostat?
what happens if you accidentally run the common wire from the air handler in to (B) in thermostat? is that bad? or will it just do nothing and not affect anything
Hi, and how to connect two thermostats in parallel?
Just bought a new Honeywell thermostat looking at the old one i don't have a wire going in to C its say to put the G wire into C slot then to go to furnace and move the G wire to C and jump G to Y. when i look at the furnace there a wire going from Y to C (2 wires in the Y slot) not sure what to do
You helped me big time when you said o or b controll switching value. My shit not color coded
I want to replace a trane ay28x105 thermostat with a ecobee 3 the inside label says 30 volts on the old thermostat so to install the new one will I need a transformer or is the label wrong
THE FURNACE TURNS ON WHEN I RUN MY AC! HELP! ANY IDEAS? TROUBLESHOOTING?
hi, nice video. i want to install a nest. my old thermostat has the white wire and black wire connected to the same terminal "w." i was told that i couldn't do the same on the nest. so my question is why are the white and black wire comnected together on my pld thermostat...and if i install the nest how what terminals would the white and black go into. any help is appreciated.
If heat pump outside unit is run in reverse mode on cool what wires do I swap and where at i know It's the blue wire and orange wire just not where at to do it
Thanks for the break down of what the wires do. However, I have this one question. The orange wire at the Goodman Heat pump which is for the reversing valve, does not have a mating orange wire to be connected in the 5 wire harness arriving from the Heat Exchanger. How do I apply control voltage to the reversing valve?
Just saw your comment glad to be of help with the youtube
Very amateurish video.
Good explanation. Thanks, but please turn your iPhone when doing video so we get a landscape view.
Thank you and good advice for us. We are android users here is it the same. Gave up the iphone after 4GS. Samsung Galaxy is versatile for our needs.
Yep. All camera censors are rectangular, and are not dynamic. So all phones will be landscape when you hold your physical phone in landscape, and as such, portrait when held in portrait.
In other words, when using your phone as a camera, hold it like you would a camera.
Dalton McVey Thank you again its helpful advice thanks for sharing :o)
Question , How do I make the system with Honeywell T5 thermostat activate the heater?
What if there is no orange wire to go into o/b?
Should you have a wire to each terminal? I only have heat, no central air, and only have 2 wires coming out of the wall.
No. For heat only, with natural gas or oil, furnace or boiler, two wires are all you need......unless you have a thermostat without batteries, then you'll need an extra wire for power.
Use r and w for heat only
I have a Emerson 1F83C-11NP when the heat kicks off it waits about a minute and kicks on just with cool air and runs 3-5 more minuets.Please need help might be a defected thermostat
some stats have one terminal for o/b and a switch in side that you flip.
Can I wire my thermostat to run heat only? I was going to run power for AC in the spring. (heat pump)
Yes. Run the red wire to Rh, and the white wire to W. That should work, but if not, check the wires connected to the furnace or boiler. Are they red and white, or did somebody use a different colored wire? This is done at times when the original wire fails, or when a homeowner who knows nothing decides to try their hand at hvac. So, if you see differently colored wires connected to the boiler or furnace, hook up those same wires to Rh and W for heat only.
I have an old Snyder General but my wiring is different to that of what should be standard. I have X, R, B/C, G, W. I'm trying to connect Honeywell Wifi thermostat. What does the X and B/C really mean? I can email a picture. There are 4 wires coming from my old thermostat (no common).
An old humidity control as well I installed a new digital AC but I don't know what the humidity control how to remove it what do I put those two wires the ride and the Y
Is a wire required in both Rc and C? My installation only had one wire and when I changed it from Rc to C it didn't say I was at 24 av.
My existing system is Gas Furnace and single AC unit. My existing thermostat has C,G,W,Y and R (no jumper). The new Thermostat has the choice of RC or RH with a jumper. (no R). Question: Which terminal do I place the existing "R" wire to? RC or RH? Do I leave the jumper in or remove?
I have a new T/S hooked up like this with one exception , we have the white wire on w2 which is how the original was hooked up however the heat pump is not working in heat mode,do i need to put the white wire on W1 and if so what makes the stripes EH come on? I'm being told to put a jumper from Y to W1 , which way is right (Trane unit HP)
Art Vandalay
Hi I need help with a 1F78 thermostat. I need a diagram of the 3 wires on the front, are all 3 supposed to be hooked up?
Best to get a diagram for the thermostat from the company website. Not sure what type of application you are using?
Hi Sir, my Emerson programmable thermostat 1F78 have green wire and a small screw but doesn’t have slot/hole to screw in. The available terminals that have slots/holes are O & B. Where should I connect the G wire?
Would have been extra good had you had the wire colors connecting to the terminals as well.
Wire color doesn't matter. They may be the same. They may not. You never wire based on color of wire.
Thanks
I have an issue. I tried replacing an old analog thermostat (2 wired), with a newer programmable Honeywell thermostat on an old Coleman presidential 2 on my mobile home. Once I switched the power on on the furnace, the ac started blowing. No matter what function I changed on the new thermostat the ac would not turn off. Any suggestions?
Are your 2 wires going to R and G on thermostat.
What if i dont have a orange wire just read and the person who hooked up my thermostat put the red in the o place ?
If there's one term o/b how do u change modes
Works the same on Android. Just rotate your phone before filming.
Great video. I have a 2H/1C system that is NOT a heat pump but I am having a hard time finding a thermostat that will reliably work with the system. Biggest issue with the universal tstats is that I'm trying to determine which wire will control the 2nd stage of the gas valve. Any input is much appreciated. Thanks!
Y2
@@anthonym7130 Needed a furnace to fit into a small space and a Goodman 2H/1C was the smallest. Chose ecobee and it works fine now.
I know this is going to sound stupid but I got mad and smashed the thermostat in my hallway I went out and picked up a new one I put the white to W the red R the blue to b the green to G and the yellow to y now when I turn on the heat the outside unit wants to run and no it's not a heat pump but when I kick it to AC the outside unit does not come on just wondering if you could give me any idea what could be wrong
Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what color wire goes to the letter C here in Florida. Thank you
Hook up my wiring seems my common is blowing the 5 amp fuse when i switch it into heat mode. Why i dont see any bad wiring
What the hell? That's a lot of wires for a wireless device. I was assuming that I would have to connect some wires to my boiler from a device that would receive signals from the thermostat, so I don't have to fish wires from upstairs down into the basement. My boiler is all set up for two zones, presumably upstairs and downstairs, but there's no thermostat for the compressor for upstairs and only one thermostat located downstairs. Consequently, the upstairs is intolerably hot. Isn't there some kind of thermostat that I can install to activate my other zone without running wires to my boiler?
Is the E same as w1
i have a honeywell thermostat and my heat will not cut off i looked at the wires snd a black and red wire both is going into the common slot but every other wire is color coded in the right slot wat can i do? and can i change it around w/o cutting power off n the attic
+Sean Holloman Sorry Sean just saw your comment, Did you trace out the problem?
Awesome video.. GUys do you have codes for honeywell thermostats? mine is displaying E2. its an old unit from 2002 T8411R
How do u run the thermostat wire on a heat pump does it go from the thermostat to the inside unit then from there to the outside unit or what need help know how to hook up just not sure how to run it
The thermostat wires all should be set to the air handler if its a split system which is in 2 parts air handler AHU inside or under the house you will apply the wires to the board main control panel and that will then communicate to the outside condenser. Read your instructions and you will avoid any mistakes. Chris