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Old Thermostat Has Jumper Between W2 And E Does The Honeywell Rth8500d Need

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Owner's Manual - Page 1

... Touch Screen Programmable Thermostat OWNER'S GUIDE The RTH8500D Thermostat provides electronic control of 24 Vac heating and cooling systems or 750 mV heating systems. For assistance with your Honeywell product, please visit www.honeywell.com/yourhome or call Honeywell Customer Care toll free at 1-800-468-1502. Registered Trademark © 2004 Honeywell International Inc. Pat. 6,595,430 Other...

Owner's Manual - Page 2

...Old Thermostat 6 Follow Special Instructions 7 Label Old Thermostat Wires 10 Mount New Wallplate to Wall 11 Connect Wires to New Wallplate 15 Install Batteries 22 Attach New Thermostat to Wallplate 23 Set the Calendar 24 Configure Installer Setup 26 Get to Know Your Thermostat... Time 47 Set Temperature Overrides 48 Clean Your Thermostat Screen 51 Use Your Filter Timer 52 Understanding ...

Owner's Manual - Page 3

... TU U V/VR V/VR W W W1 W1 W2 W2 W3 W3 X X X1 X2 Y Y1 69-0823EFS 5-03 • yourhome M22200 If any of the corresponding letter on your old thermostat wire with the terminal of the items shown above are...Step 1. Check that the following items are missing, call Honeywell Customer Care at 1-800-468-1502 before returning the thermostat to system at the furnace, or at the fuse/circuit ...

Owner's Manual - Page 5

Step 2. OLD THERMOSTAT YELLOW WHITE Y W RED G GREEN RC R ORANGE ! DO NOT WIRE NEW THERMOSTAT BASED ON WIRE COLOR. M22034 5 69-1725-1 These Installation Instructions explain later how to use the ... heating and/or cooling system. Follow Important Instructions 1. Do not connect the wires to the new thermostat based on wire color because damage can occur to your old thermostat.

Owner's Manual - Page 6

... and/or cooling system or fuse/circuit breaker panel. 2. Remove the cover from the wall or wallplate. Y G C OLD THERMOSTAT WALLPLATE W THERMOSTAT R COVER .2.18 .9 .7 .5 L O .25 N GE R .4 .3 M22036 MERCURY NOTICE If you are replacing a thermostat that contains mercury in a sealed tube, do not place your local waste management authority for instructions regarding recycling...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

... other wires. 3. Make sure they do not connect them to your old thermostat, do not touch each C and/or C1 wire with electrical tape. Disconnect the C and/or C1 wires. OLD THERMOSTAT Y G C C W R LETTER DESIGNATION SCREW TERMINAL WIRE WIRE HOLE DO NOT CONNECT TO NEW THERMOSTAT M22201 7 69-1725-1 Step 4. If you have two C and/or...

Owner's Manual - Page 8

... WIRE HOLE CONNECT TO THE "C" ON THE NEW THERMOSTAT M22223 69-1725-1 8 Visit www.honeywell.com/yourhome or call Honeywell Customer Care at 1-800-468-1502 before returning the thermostat to C on the new thermostat. If you have only one C and/or C1 wire connected to your old thermostat, connect this wire to the store. Step 4. Follow...

Owner's Manual - Page 9

Wrap the end of the wires that are not connected with electrical tape. OLD THERMOSTAT Y G RC W R LETTER DESIGNATION SCREW TERMINAL WIRE WIRE HOLE WIRES NOT CONNECTED - If you find any wires not connected to your old thermostat, do not connect them to your new thermostat. 6. Step 4. DO NOT CONNECT TO NEW THERMOSTAT M22040 9 69-1725-1 Follow Special Instructions (Cont) 5.

Owner's Manual - Page 10

... G Y G RC W R R WIRE LABEL LETTER DESIGNATION SCREW TERMINAL WIRE WIRE HOLE M22039 When connecting the wires to the new thermostat, refer to fall into the wall opening after the wires are disconnected. 2. Label Old Thermostat Wires 1. As you disconnect each wire that matches the letter designation. Do not connect wires to wrap a wire label...

Owner's Manual - Page 11

WALLPLATE WIRE HOLE THERMOSTAT M22202 11 69-1725-1 Step 6. Mount New Wallplate to Wall 1. Separate the wallplate from the thermostat as shown.

Owner's Manual - Page 15

.... 4. WALLPLATE METAL JUMPER WIRE TERMINAL BLOCK SCREW TERMINALS LETTER DESIGNATIONS RC R W Y G C M22206 3. If you have a CONVENTIONAL or HEAT PUMP system. 15 69-1725-1 Match the labeled wires to the letter designations on page 29 to wire the new thermostat. Step 7. Connect Wires to follow for your system. Select the correct letter designations...

Owner's Manual - Page 17

... the information on the new thermostat the labeled wires 1 RC 1 R RC or R R or RH, 4, V W or W1, H W Y or Y1, M Y G or F G C or C1, X, B C Y2 Y2 W2 W2 2 2 34 M22208 Do ...letter designations on the next page. 17 69-1725-1 These numbered notes appear on your old and new thermostats. Step 7. CONVENTIONAL Possible letter letter designations designations on on page 20 if you are ...

Owner's Manual - Page 18

... not use. 4 If one of the terminals, RC or R, will be connected to both RC and R on the new thermostat, remove metal jumper wire between RC and R on the old thermostat, remove metal jumper wire between RC and R. M22246 69-1725-1 18 Step 7. Connect Wires to New Wallplate (Cont) NOTES FOR CONVENTIONAL HEATING AND COOLING...

Owner's Manual - Page 19

...old and new thermostats. Use the information below if you are wiring a HEAT PUMP System. Compare letter designations on the next page. 19 69-1725-1 Possible letter designations on the labeled wires HEAT PUMP letter designations on the new thermostat... 1 2 VR or V or R 3 H or B, O Y1 or M or Y F or G 3 X or B, C F or L X2 or X, E 4 AUX, W1, W or W2 RC R O/B ...

Owner's Manual - Page 20

... is already matched to the C, contact Honeywell. 4 If the old thermostat had separate wires on both O and B, be sure to attach the B wire to New Wallplate (Cont) NOTES FOR HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS 1 Leave metal jumper wire between RC and R in place. 2 If the old thermostat had wires on the new thermostat. Call your local heating and cooling...

Owner's Manual - Page 22

Remove the tab labeled "Remove during installation" in the lower right corner of the thermostat as marked on the thermostat. BACK OF THERMOSTAT ++ + BATTERIES (3) M22212 2. REMOVE TAB REMOVE DURING INSTALLATION REMOVE DURING INSTALLATION 69-1725-1 M19920 22 Install three fresh AAA alkaline batteries on the back of the thermostat back. Step 8. Install Batteries 1.

Owner's Manual - Page 23

... onto the wallplate until it snaps into the wall opening. 23 69-1725-1 WALLPLATE TERMINAL SCREW BLOCK PINS ON BACK OF THERMOSTAT M22213 2. Step 9. If the wires interfere with the pins on the power at the heating and/or cooling system or fuse/ circuit breaker panel. Align ...

Owner's Manual - Page 29

...heating with fan (Conventional) -- Typically wires are R, W and G on new thermostat. 6 - Hot Water Heat Only (Conventional) -- Gas or Oil hot water heat with three wires connected to ...Number 0170. 9. Multistage Conventional Heating and Cooling -2 stages of heat (wires on W and W2) and 1 stage of Cool (wire on new thermostat. 4 - Single-stage Heat Pump with no back-up heat. 8 - Gas, oil...

Owner's Manual - Page 55

Remove the old batteries and insert three fresh AAA alkaline batteries, as marked on the thermostat. Replace Batteries (Cont) 3. BACK OF THERMOSTAT BATTERIES (3) ++ + M22212 55 69-1725-1

Owner's Manual - Page 58

...-1725-1 58 If there is activated after a shutdown. The minimum-off timer is a call during the minimum-off timer, the thermostat shows "Wait" in the display. Built-in Compressor Protection The RTH8500D Thermostat has built-in compressor protection (minimum-off timer) that prevents the compressor from restarting too early after the compressor turns...