I was just curious about the optimal placement for a thermostat.
When we had the gas company install a new furnace last year they placed the new digital thermostat fairly close to a vent in a hollow wall by the front door (the vent is on the opposite side of the wall about three feet up). There is also another floor vent under the window (about three feet from the thermostat) so I think that all the heat blowing around is triggering the thermostat to read at 72 degrees Ferenhieght. However upstairs its 12 degrees colder. Now the house is an old victorian with old aluminum windows and little to no insulation in the walls but when we had our old furnace I didn’t notice this big a difference in temperatures from floor to floor. The new furnace is a two stage burner and is high efficiency but the blower fan on the sucker is a lot smaller than the old one. To get that blast of air that I got with my old furnace I have to crank it up to 80 (which defeats the purpose of being energy efficient). I know the best thing to do would be to insulate the walls and get new windows but I was curious if anyone had any suggestions as to what the best place would be to place the thermostat so I could get a more consistent read?
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Greetings Dio,
as a first time poster Welcome to Breaktime.
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
In an uninsulated house like yours the thermostat should be in a more central location on an interior wall, making sure that there is no major drafting in that wall and away from the main entry to the house.
You can place a decorative wooden or insulated plate of some kind between the thermo and the wall if needed to isolate the cold wall from directly affecting the thermo.
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