Need to have 2 heat thermostats in house....

Time to call an pro. The path your trying to take will be unsatisfactory for you and the tenant

Hi Gordon, hope you are having a nice day

On 05-Nov-04 At About 13:47:54, Gordon Rattray wrote to All Subject: Need to have 2 heat thermostats in house....

GR> From: Gordon Rattray

GR> Hi there,

GR> I need to have a second (just heat) thermostat connected to my GR> Armstrong SX-80 furnace.

GR> There is a basement suite tenant living in my house, so we need to be GR> able to have her turn on the furnace when she arrives home GR> independently of the main thermostat upstairs.

GR> The house is A/Ced so the thermostat upstairs is integrated with the GR> A/C.

GR> The one for the basement.....I tried bypassing just the 2 wires GR> leading from the furnace and connecting them to fire it up, but it GR> would not work that way....

GR> What is the way to do this please?

what you really need to do is get a heating unit for the basement alone. adding a second stat on yours will only add more problems. your area may be satisfied but when she turns it up in the basement your area will roast.

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