Hello everyone,
As the new guy, I expect to get tossed around a bit but here goes. Like many people have posted, I am adding a wood furnace ducted to my existing propane furnace. I would like to use my furnace blower to move the air because the fan on the wood furnace is not big enough. The guy that installed the A/C unit has told me the following; Buy a second "heat only" thermostat. Tap into the red wire and the green wire on the old thermostat. Run those 2 wires to the new thermostat and attach to the R and G terminals. Set the old thermostat at 65 degrees and the new thermostat at 72 degrees. At 70 degrees only the furnace blower will turn on. At 65 degrees, the orginal thermostat will kick in and the propane furnace will light. After reading some of the posts, I have my reservations about whether or not it will work. Can someone help with an explanation that the simplest of minds will understand? Thanks, Bob
As the new guy, I expect to get tossed around a bit but here goes. Like many people have posted, I am adding a wood furnace ducted to my existing propane furnace. I would like to use my furnace blower to move the air because the fan on the wood furnace is not big enough. The guy that installed the A/C unit has told me the following; Buy a second "heat only" thermostat. Tap into the red wire and the green wire on the old thermostat. Run those 2 wires to the new thermostat and attach to the R and G terminals. Set the old thermostat at 65 degrees and the new thermostat at 72 degrees. At 70 degrees only the furnace blower will turn on. At 65 degrees, the orginal thermostat will kick in and the propane furnace will light. After reading some of the posts, I have my reservations about whether or not it will work. Can someone help with an explanation that the simplest of minds will understand? Thanks, Bob