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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Central Boiler => Topic started by: drpinard on October 26, 2013, 08:00:07 AM

Title: Wiring issue.
Post by: drpinard on October 26, 2013, 08:00:07 AM
I fired up the Eclassic 2400 yesterday and installed my second thermostat in the house right by existing one. Problem I'm having is the ac condenser now kicks on with fan. I hooked it up by the book. I have a two zone system with zone valve controller in basement.  I shut off ac breaker so it wouldn't turn on. Fan starts and stops fine but condenser runs also. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: NaturallyAspirated on October 26, 2013, 08:31:14 AM
Your OWB thermostat kicks on the AC?  Does it also control the valve properly?

Does the other thermostat create the same symptoms?

Neal
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: drpinard on October 26, 2013, 08:52:59 AM
No my second thermostat installed next to my original thermostat and jumped kicks on condenser. I'm thinking a wire hooked in wrong slot of t stat.
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: drpinard on October 26, 2013, 08:59:42 AM
FHA system with a coil installed in plenum. Yes upstairs kicks on condenser to.
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: sabercat on October 26, 2013, 05:22:17 PM
I think I flip my fuse off, that goes to the ac
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: bajonesy77 on October 26, 2013, 06:11:43 PM
 So you ran the w on the new stat to the g on the original stat and your condensor runs. Sometimes you can pull the g out of its spot in the original stat and connect the w from the new stat to just the g wire with a wire nut and it will stop the feedback. Summer comes just take them apart and put the g back in it spot.
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: NaturallyAspirated on October 28, 2013, 07:39:42 PM
I wonder - has anyone made a simple solution to this with an OR gate using two 24VAC coil relays?  Seems to me it would solve all the world's problems with dual thermostats kicking on the fan.   .pdf schematic attached.

Buy two of these relays and a little soldering and you are all set:

http://www.amazon.com/PACKARD-PR290Q-Relay-Coil-Contacts/dp/B0015XK0VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382681427&sr=8-2&keywords=24vac+relay (http://www.amazon.com/PACKARD-PR290Q-Relay-Coil-Contacts/dp/B0015XK0VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382681427&sr=8-2&keywords=24vac+relay)

Neal

Could try something like that, I think if I were running dual stats it would be what I would do.

Neal
Title: Re: Wiring issue.
Post by: RSI on October 28, 2013, 10:08:57 PM
So you ran the w on the new stat to the g on the original stat and your condensor runs. Sometimes you can pull the g out of its spot in the original stat and connect the w from the new stat to just the g wire with a wire nut and it will stop the feedback. Summer comes just take them apart and put the g back in it spot.
Start by trying this. Most thermostats backfeed and turn on the compressor if you leave the wires on the G terminal of the original thermostat.