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Question posted by deerhunters266 on September 30th, 2013

Top Thermostat Wires

On the top theremostat there is a blue and a yellow wire instead of red and black like the bottom. The top blue and yellow wires are showing they are hot when checked with my circuit tester. Shouldn't they light the tester up like the red and black on the bottom does?

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