Thermostat

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My gas furnace is a Holly. It has an old mercury two wire thermostat.

I want to change the thermostat so that I can set the same two temperature ranges, day / night, for every day.

I do not understand thermostats.

The local store does not know how to advise me.

Thermostat suggestions please and maybe a little tutorial.

Reply to
Olden
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It would be nice to know the open voltage and the switch current when closed. Around 24 volts any ordinary programmable thermostat unit might do.

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Sjouke Burry

There are (or at least were...) plenty of thermostats with multiple settings that followed the time of day and used a battery to operate the clock, hence could be hooked up to a basic two-wire control system and not worry about wiring for power.

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danny burstein

Just an idea: you can use two thermostats and mechanical 24 hour timer to switch them. Something like that:

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Timers can be different, with different outputs (output relay type/voltage/current, etc), this is just an example. If you do not need precision time keeping on power loss, it's preferable to use a timer without battery (no potential battery leaking out). I do not know your schematics and may be any safety limits, so it's just an idea.

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Evgeniy

I need to buy on-line. Any model numbers ? What terminology do I look for ?

Please help.

danny burste>

Reply to
Olden

Almost any 'smart' thermostat can do a daily fallback, but this does mean it's a display-and-buttons-and-clock elaborate item. Honeywell is a big manufacturer, their web site should give you some ideas

Look at a few, and maybe check out the manuals online.

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whit3rd
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Dan Purgert

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