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candasunset
Oct 1, 2007, 11:23 AM
On the baseboard heater are to wires line 1 and line 2 , I connected the main power supply to these wires but my thermal relay kit now has to be wired to this, I have a yellow, blue and black wire and white and brown wire that connects to a low voltage thermostat.


How do I connect all these wires to have controlled heat.

Stratmando
Oct 1, 2007, 02:35 PM
Not sure if I'm reading correctly. TK lives in the North East and has experience with these.
I live in Florida, sorry. But
Any large load that the low voltage thermostat can't handle will need a relay(contactor)
To connect the large load(heater). You would also need a transformer to drop to 24 volts
For contactor coil.
No Red on the Thermostat?
If thermostat is for heat only, then you need only to connect 2 wires, Turn to heat, and see which 2 have continuity.

candasunset
Oct 1, 2007, 04:47 PM
The thermostat is a low voltage (mercury ) , I need to connect this to a thermal relay to the baseboard heater

Stratmando
Oct 1, 2007, 05:35 PM
Sounds like switch on Bi metallic spring for control. Need to determine what 2 wires on thermostat make a connection when set to heat.
What is coil voltage to relay?
Did you determine which 2 wires make connection when set to heat?