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    Nov 9, 2011, 07:49 PM
    Replacing 4 wire White Rogers Thermostat with 5 Wire Thermostat
    I have an old White-Rogers thermostat with only 4 wires coming out of the wall and need to replace it but the only new ones I find (at Home Depot) have 5 wires. How do I hook up a 5 wire thermostat to 4 wires and still have it work properly?

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    Nov 10, 2011, 06:07 AM
    It would help to tell us the colors and what they are hooked to on the old tstat
    What are the posts labeled on the new tstat also
    Sometimes there's a need to tag the wires befire removing from tstat
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    Nov 10, 2011, 02:53 PM
    OK, sorry I didn't provide all that with the original question. There is a Red, Green, White and Yellow wire, all attached to appropriately labeled posts. This all suddenly became academic a few minutes ago when my wife came in with a "new" thermostat that she liked and it has four wires -- same colors and it has been installed, works fine and best of all, she's happy with it!

    Thanks so much or your response and effort. I promise to do better next time!

    Thanks again

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    Nov 10, 2011, 04:18 PM
    Good deal, glad you got it going,glad you made the little woman happy. That's number 1 priority

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