I have a braeburn 1200 the set up is
red = r
orange = o
blue = c
yellow = y
green = g
white = w2 and is jumped to e
the new thermostat is a hunter 44260 it has
g
rc jumped to rh
y/o
w/b
y1

The instructions do not help

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Originally Posted by stoneljen

I have a braeburn 1200 the set up is
red = r
orange = o
blue = c
yellow = y
green = g
white = w2 and is jumped to e
the new thermostat is a hunter 44260 it has
g
rc jumped to rh
y/o
w/b
y1

The instructions do not help

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For old 1200 series Braeburn

Old Terminal from New Terminal for
Existing Thermostat New Thermostat Terminal Description
R, V-VR or VR-R R 24 VAC
O O Reverse Valve (Cooling)
B B Reverse Valve (Heating)
C, X or B C 24 VAC common
Y, Y1 or M Y 1st Stage Compressor
E E Emergency Heating
G or F G Fan Control
W1, W2 or W-U W2 2nd Stage / Aux Heating[/B]


The new Hunter thermostat will not work for a heat pump.

I believe you have the wrong thermostat for your application.

Hunter is also junk in my opinion. Get a good Honeywell or White Rodgers heat pump unit instead.

Yep,, it's the wrong tstat if its got Hunter wrote on it

Howstuffworks "Thermostat Wiring"

Replacing A Plain Thermostat With A Setback Thermostat