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darrellmak
11-19-04, 01:37 PM
I am trying to connect my gas furnace/ac (which has 5 wires including a common wire) to a White-Rodgers programmable thermostat that does not have a connector for a common wire.

Will the thermostat work if I just leave the common wire unconnected?

THANKS!

Ed Imeduc
11-19-04, 01:52 PM
Info info helps what you have now and what the new one is. Could be the old one the common was for a system monitor Does the new tstat, runs on batteries????

ED ;)
hvac4u
11-19-04, 07:18 PM
if it has batteries, do not use common