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| Here's my issue: I have a little tiny greenhouse (more of a box than a house) that I am raising vegetable seedlings in until the night temps are warm enough to transplant into the garden. During the day the temps are starting to get hot to the point that I need to install an exhaust fan.
I have an old 12V PC fan and a 12V wall adapter power supply that I'd like to connect together with a thermostat. I have an old Honeywell manual dial thermostat that should work, but I need some wiring help. The thermostat has the following wiring connections: G, RC, RH, Y, A, O, W, and B. I only have two wires coming from the power adapter (hot and return), so where do I hook them to on the 'stat to make the fan work? Remember that the honeywell is not digital, and should work with this application. |
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| Do you mean to wire it this way: Power supply --- hot to RC on Thermostat Thermostat-- Y to hot wire of Fan If this is incorrect can you just tell me the correct wiring configurations? I am pretty new to this. Thanks again. |
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| Yes, you'd just connect the R (or Rc) and Y terminals in series with the fan. Make sure that the thermostat's contacts have enough current capacity to handle the fan's load. They probably do. If not, though, you'd need to add a small relay to preserve the thermostat. |
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| I have tried done the following and it is not working: Power supply to RC Power return to fan return Thermostat Y to fan supply I tried this and it worked continuously without the thermostat controlling temperature as a switch: Is is likely that the thermostat is bad, or do I do I have incorrect connections? Sorry to be so electrically challenged. |
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| That should work....either a bad t-stat or not on the cool setting |
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