Hi,
I bought a house that has a garage that was converted to an office by the previous homeowner, and it is separate from the main house. I suspect that they did some of the work themselves. The office has two baseboard electric heaters, and also an electric heater that blows hot air. Somehow, the same thermostat controls both the electric baseboard heat, and the blower electric heater.
The temperature fluctuates quite a lot in there, so I'd like to replace the thermostat, which is the lowest-end "dial" type where you don't even set a numeric temperature, just put it in the "comfort zone."
However, I pulled off the face plate and saw that it is a "Model MD26" marked "double pole" and behind it I found two pairs of red-black wires plugged into it (for a total of 4 wires; 2 each of red and black), as well as a non-insulated copper wire screwed into the back, which presumably is ground. Here are the photos:
I think this is a standard double pole thermostat setup, but I am not sure, and some confirmation would be much appreciated. I'd like to replace this with a programmable digital thermostat, I found the "Honeywell RLV4305A1000/E1 Rlv4305A1000/E 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat" which seems to fit the bill - will this be compatible with my setup?
Thanks!
-Vinay
I bought a house that has a garage that was converted to an office by the previous homeowner, and it is separate from the main house. I suspect that they did some of the work themselves. The office has two baseboard electric heaters, and also an electric heater that blows hot air. Somehow, the same thermostat controls both the electric baseboard heat, and the blower electric heater.
The temperature fluctuates quite a lot in there, so I'd like to replace the thermostat, which is the lowest-end "dial" type where you don't even set a numeric temperature, just put it in the "comfort zone."
However, I pulled off the face plate and saw that it is a "Model MD26" marked "double pole" and behind it I found two pairs of red-black wires plugged into it (for a total of 4 wires; 2 each of red and black), as well as a non-insulated copper wire screwed into the back, which presumably is ground. Here are the photos:
I think this is a standard double pole thermostat setup, but I am not sure, and some confirmation would be much appreciated. I'd like to replace this with a programmable digital thermostat, I found the "Honeywell RLV4305A1000/E1 Rlv4305A1000/E 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat" which seems to fit the bill - will this be compatible with my setup?
Thanks!
-Vinay