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Romansamurai
Dec 9, 2012, 02:40 PM
We have a two wire old analog thermostat it has a black wire that I think was red before (had some wiring redone recently) and a white one. There's also a purple one but I am not sure what its connected to.
Old thermostat is a White-Rodgers it says Type 1C20-101 and then E1 0539T.
The new one is a digital wifi touchscreen from Honeywell and it asks for a C wire also. RTH858WF is the model number.
http://wifithermostat.com/wifi-programmable-thermostats

Can we use it? Any help will be appreciated :)

Grady White
Dec 9, 2012, 06:50 PM
If the new thermostat can be battery powered, you probably don't need the common wire.

Romansamurai
Dec 11, 2012, 01:24 PM
If the new thermostat can be battery powered, you probably don't need the common wire.

Yes. It has a battery! Ok awesome I will try that. Also the electrician changed the wires from small to thicker. Is that OK? Jw.

Grady White
Dec 11, 2012, 06:27 PM
How thick is "thicker".
Thermostat wire should be 18 gauge. Telephone wire is usually 22 gauge & house wire is 12 or 14 gauge. The lower the gauge number the thicker the wire.