How hard is it to install a thermostat switch for home ac/heat?

[minendo]

nt

 

[foolanger]

My dad and i installed one not to long ago.. I believe ours had letterings on the different colored wires. We put a tape on each wire with the correct letter and matched it to the new one. It was a simple process that took aprox 15 minutes. Good luck.

 

[MichaelD]

Ditto what foolanger said. The wires coming out of the wall are color-coded (like UTP). The back of your new thermostat has screws that you tuck the wires under. Each screw terminal is labeled w/the corresponding wire color. Easy stuff.

Good luck.

ps
It's only 24 volts, no "safety need" to turn anything off, but it couldn't hurt to turn off the power anyway.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Ditto what foolanger said. The wires coming out of the wall are color-coded (like UTP). The back of your new thermostat has screws that you tuck the wires under. Each screw terminal is labeled w/the corresponding wire color. Easy stuff.

Good luck.

ps
It's only 24 volts, no "safety need" to turn anything off, but it couldn't hurt to turn off the power anyway.

Turned the power off anyways because I always end up shocking myself. Time to go by a new one.

 

[arcas]

Make sure you buy a thermostat compatible with your type of heater/ac. For instance, a thermostat designed for gas furnaces will generally not be compatible with a heat pump.

Installing is easy. Takes less than 10 minutes. Make sure you label your wires when you detach from the old thermostat just in case your furnace installers were clueless and didn't get the color scheme correct.

 

[Slickone]

Check out the programmable digital thermostats (see Honeywell's website). They can save you money in the long run.

 

[The Sauce]

very very easy. I did it like a year ago for the first time. Took less than 10 min.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Slickone
Check out the programmable digital thermostats (see Honeywell's website). They can save you money in the long run.

Yep. worth the money.

 

[Ronstang]

Everyone seems be leaving out the most important advice. Always use a level to make sure that the thermostat is as level as possible or it will not be accurate....it will be skewed one way or another.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Slickone
Check out the programmable digital thermostats (see Honeywell's website). They can save you money in the long run.

Thanks, but I bought a standard one since it is in an apartment that I am moving out of in two months.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Slickone
Check out the programmable digital thermostats (see Honeywell's website). They can save you money in the long run.

Thanks, but I bought a standard one since it is in an apartment that I am moving out of in two months.

Shouldn't the owner be taking care of it then?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Slickone

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Slickone
Check out the programmable digital thermostats (see Honeywell's website). They can save you money in the long run.

Thanks, but I bought a standard one since it is in an apartment that I am moving out of in two months.

Shouldn't the owner be taking care of it then?

Management here is a damn joke. It took the maintenance man 1.5 years to fix our washer. I also figured I would do it myself since I wanted AC immediately and the office was closed.