Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Where do the (low voltage?) wires go on the outside? It looks like a transformer. My first thiought was surge protector until I saw the wires on the outside.
Originally Posted By: dcarroll This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
It was impossible to tell where the wires are going. No basement or crawl space. Couldn’t get on top either. No attic. It had a suspended cieling but there was insulation liad on top of that, and I didn’t want to start moving too many things. I had to remove paneling to get to the screws holding the cover on the electrical panel.
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Because of the 240v primary I would guess it is part of the HVAC. If you are still looking I would start around the air handler/furnace, looking for the same wire coming out.
Originally Posted By: dcarroll This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I think Bob Badger has hit the nail on the head. There was a low voltage thermostat controlling two 6’ electric baseboard heating units. If you look further up in the panel there is a 15 amp linked breaker and both sides are double tapped and that probably feeds the baseboard heating units in the next room that have a high voltage thermostat.
Originally Posted By: Bob Badger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jmyers wrote:
Bob,
Are you talking about inaccurate as to maintaining temperature, or inaccurate in voltage ratings?
Joe Myers
Temperature, and what I dislike the most is the large differential, the number of degrees between turn on and turn off.
With a simple low volt T-stat you can, if you want to, keep the differential tight. In my own steam heated house I have the heat anticipator setting on my T-stat set so the radiators stay a constant warm instead of going hot then cold with all the associated noise of expanding and contracting pipes.
I have never seen heat anticipator settings on line volt stats and if you set one of these to 70F turn on may be at 68 F and off will be at 71 F.
