Heat Pumps and Electric Heating - Thermostat Help

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DSeiler
11-17-04, 08:16 AM
Sometimes I think a blind monkey with one good hand wired my house. I am trying replace my old thermostat with a new Honeywell CT87A. Popped the old one off, and what's behind it? Regular old 14.2 Aluminum wire. I couldn't believe it.

Are there any alternatives to wiring this outside of running new thermo wire or putting the old unit back on? I ran the power to the W term and the neutral to the R term and now nothing works..

Thanks in advance for the help...

hvac4u
11-17-04, 06:35 PM
14/2 to the stat? is it a line voltage tstat? what kind of heat do you have? what is the old tstat's model#?