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Thread Number: 42363
/ Tag: Major Appliances
wireless thermostat |
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| Post# 445709 , Reply# 1 9/7/2021 at 01:35 (961 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
Old homes will typically only have 3 wires for the thermostat. Power, heat, and fan. You'll almost never find a house that has a common wire, excepting new construction, because you never needed it until they came out with smart thermostats.
It's a neat idea. I wish they had one that would let you use any thermostat. | ||
Post# 445736 , Reply# 2 9/7/2021 at 19:54 (960 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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wires I understand about the common wire, but I was surprised there wasn't a G wire for the fan. As far as I know Honeywell is the only company that makes a thermostat like this, it was an in-genius idea because it totally eliminates the need to run new wires. You still couldn't use something like a Nest or Ecobee though. Mike | ||
| Post# 445791 , Reply# 3 9/8/2021 at 22:29 (959 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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See, I'll bet your house DID have a fan wire, that's the point I was making. It wasn't meant to have air conditioning. We already know this because it had window air conditioners at one point in time. The thermostat had power, heat, and fan wires. Instead of running new thermostat wires, they decided to simply use the fan wire for the air conditioning. Because, let's be honest, how often was the fan used? And running a new thermostat wire would've been really hard in an apartment building.
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| Post# 445837 , Reply# 4 9/9/2021 at 22:02 (958 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Have smart plumbing systems. There's a pressure gauge that's electronic and smart capabilities. If the pressure goes down it alerts you of a leak. The system was over $5000. I heard about it in an interview and thought who the eff would pay $5000 plus for new water lines. I realized I wasn't interested in a shady company.
I. Sorry if it's off topic. If I'm guessing etethernet lines or data lines to devices is a common wire. I thought they ran fc wifi either wifi or ether etc means no power no thermostat. | ||
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