I would to get a few opinions on where to put my t stat. Just out in a new American Standard furnace 90 plus 2 stage. I know that probably dont matter. Anyway got a good deal from a friend of mine and a good labor cost if I did as much as I could. My existing t stat is on an outside wall and the furnace kicks on and off every ten minutes. So I was wondering if I should move the t stat to an interior wall or leave it where it is.
Thanks for any help………….
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Move it to an interior wall away from drafts from open doors and other sources and away from direct sunlight or sun warmed rooms.
the perfect place is on an interior wall in the center of the house. that way one end of house wont be overheated or overcooled. 2+3=7
What the other two said. Not in the kitchen either. Must be on an interior wall.
If the furnace kicks on and off too often you can sometimes adjust the heat anticipator in the thermostat if it has one.
I fear that the real problem could be the furnace being too big for the house. That would cause the short cycling you experience. But, I would certainly move the thermostat because that could also cause it.
When the first energy crisis hit in the late 70's, I happened to have moved to a 'new' place in Vt, an old farm house.
I figured I'd be a good boy and keep my thermostat real low to save energy.
Boy, I was doing a great job - had it in the low to mid 60's and was happy as a clam with a beard.
Then, one day, I happened to leave a thermometer I'd just bought on the kitchen table.
72°?!?!?
Realized the thermostat was on a very cold wall of the cellar stairs (down to a very cold, stone foundation cellar, of course.)
Moral: put the thermo on a cold, outside wall - be comfortable and feel like you're saving the environment!
Good one!! LOL
Old farmhouse??? Vermont???
Were you part of the "back to the land movement" of the 60's-early 70's also? I still live rurally and have friends- artists/crafts- still in their original low energy solar-assisted homes. That's why I'm partially still involved in the energy efficiency/conservation game now - the philosphy lives on with some; walk lightly on this planet. Been burning wood since 1972 and am sitting 10' from my VC Resolute as I type. Worked in wildlife conservation for a period in the 70's.
By the time I was in Vt, I was in the back to grad school to make some real money movement <G>
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