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Converting mercury thermostat to digital

Asked Aug 5, 2008, 12:03 PM — 2 Answers
We have an older home that we are renting. It has an outdated, unreliable mercury thermostat and we want to upgrade to a digital thermostat. I checked and all the wires are there as we have the heat and a/c. Is it OK to do that?

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Aug 5, 2008, 12:16 PM
I can see no reason why you cannot change your thermostat to upgrade it, after all it is only a measuring device...to put it simply...and doesn't interfere with the workings of your heating system
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Aug 5, 2008, 03:24 PM


Make sure the owner approves of this. That can be a problem with modifications and usually when modifications are made they have to stay with the home when you leave.
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