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Question posted by mike67968 on October 1st, 2012

Dry Contact Closure From Programmable Tstat

I have a Honeywell RTH8500D Programmable Tstat - is it possible to get a simple dry contact closure from the unit when it calls for heat?

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Owner's Manual - Page 1

... Trademark © 2004 Honeywell International Inc. Read and Save these Instructions U.S. RTH8500D 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 2

... 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 Display 38 Set System Setting 40 Program Your Heating and Cooling Schedule 42 Cancel a Schedule Period 46 Set Time 47 Set Temperature...
Owner's Manual - Page 3

...included: Inside Set OWNER'S GUIDE Inside Set To Read and save these instructions WALLPLATE THERMOSTAT MOUNTING SCREWS (2) AND WALL ANCHORS (2) OWNER'S GUIDE WIRE LABELS CAUTION CARD CAUTION ... new thermostat or base. Prepare for Installation 1. Check that the following items are missing, call Honeywell Customer Care at the fuse/circuit breaker panel before returning the thermostat to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 5

... occur to your old thermostat. M22034 5 69-1725-1 OLD THERMOSTAT YELLOW WHITE Y W RED G GREEN RC R ORANGE ! DO NOT WIRE NEW THERMOSTAT BASED ON WIRE COLOR. Step 2. Follow Important Instructions 1. These Installation Instructions explain later how to use the enclosed wire labels to correctly mark the wires connected to the heating and/or cooling system...
Owner's Manual - Page 6

... place your local waste management authority for instructions regarding recycling and the proper disposal of an old thermostat containing mercury in the trash. Contact your old thermostat in a sealed tube. 69-1725-1 6 Turn off power at the heating and/or cooling system or fuse/circuit breaker panel. 2. Do not remove the wires. Step 3. Remove...
Owner's Manual - Page 20

Call your local heating and cooling contractor for assistance. If another wire 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 24

... ARROWS TO SET YEAR M22226 The calendar can be set the calendar. 1. When the thermostat is first powered, the display is ready to set any time. Step 10. Set the Calendar This thermostat is set the year, month and day. 2. Use the arrow keys to ten years, under normal use, once the calendar...
Owner's Manual - Page 28

... of the screen to select your setting, press the Up arrow key to the right of 0120 to go to complete setting the calendar. Date (Day) Select number that represents current (Month) calendar month. 11. Date Select number that represents current calendar date.
Owner's Manual - Page 35

... change reminder is Off 1 - Approximately 3 months -- Approximately 6 months -- based on 10 days of fan run time. 2 - Step 11. After you select your setting for Installer Setup Number 0500. 24. based... on 60 days of fan run time. 4 - Approximately 9 months -- Configure Installer Setup (Cont) 23. Press...
Owner's Manual - Page 39

... THE CURRENT SET TEMPERATURE TUE FAN Inside AUTO Set To SYSTEM HEAT Following Schedule AM SCHED HOLD CLOCK SCREEN MORE SYSTEM SHOWS CURRENT SYSTEM POSITION TIME DISPLAY CURRENT TIME OF DAY, HOLD TIME REMAINING OR NUMBER OF VACATION DAYS REMAINING FOLLOWING SCHEDULE SHOWS THE THERMOSTAT IS FOLLOWING THE PROGRAMMED SCHEDULE M22239 39 69-1725-1
Owner's Manual - Page 42

Leave-Period when you are asleep and want an energy-saving temperature. Edit Schedule 1. Press Sched key. Program Your Heating and Cooling Schedule Your thermostat can control up to four different schedule periods per day: Wake-Period when you awaken and want your home back to a comfortable temperature. Sleep-Period when you return home...
Owner's Manual - Page 43

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT FAN AUTO OK TO PICK MULTIPLE DAYS SCREEN LOCKED Inside Set To SUN HEAT SYSTEM EM HEAT HEAT OFF COOL AUTO CANCEL PERIOD AM PM Following Schedule COOL DONE SCHED EDIT HOLD WAKE CLOCK SCREEN LEAVE RETURN SLEEP CANCEL M22553 43 69-1725-1 Press Edit key. Program Your Heating and Cooling Schedule (Cont) 2.
Owner's Manual - Page 44

... FRI FAN ON AUTO CIRC OK TO PICK MULTIPLE DAYS CANCEL PERIOD SAT SUN HEAT AM COOL DONE WAKE LEAVE RETURN SLEEP CANCEL M22300 4. Press Leave key and repeat step 5. 7. Once pressed, Wake flashes to days selected. Press Return key and repeat step 5. 8. These days are scheduled with the same times and temperatures. Check...
Owner's Manual - Page 45

... a Program Schedule for Sat and Sun. When complete, press Done key. "Saving Changes" appears on the screen to indicate changes are being saved to the day(s) modified. Example: If Mon-Fri was selected first, go back and repeat steps 1-9 for the remaining...
Owner's Manual - Page 46

...Press Cancel Period key. MON TUE WED THU FRI OK TO PICK MULTIPLE DAYS FAN SAT SUN HEAT COOL DONE 6. Press Sched key. 2. Once selected, the period flashes. ...day on Tuesday, you want to cancel a period to set - Cancel a Schedule Period NOTE: You may want to cancel (Wake, Leave, Return or Sleep). Press schedule period you can cancel the Leave and Return periods (the thermostat...
Owner's Manual - Page 47

Press Clock. 2. Use the arrows to set correctly. If not, see Step 11, Configure Installer Setup. 47 69-1725-1 CANCEL M19958 The current day of the week should already be set the current time. Set Time Set Time 1. TUE AM DONE 3. Press the Done key.
Owner's Manual - Page 50

... temperature setting for a designated number of Days you selected ends.) 2. FAN Inside AUTO THU Set To SYSTEM HEAT Hold Temperature Until DAYS SCHED CLOCK SCREEN CANCEL M19961 4. To ... 50 Screen shows "Hold Temperature Until" 1 day. 3. When the number of days of days you desire the thermostat to change the number of days. 1. Notice that "Hold Temperature Until" time...
Owner's Manual - Page 52

Press the Edit key to change the number of run Time Days. Use the Up or Down arrow keys to change your furnace filter. "Change Filter"... Setup Number 0500, for approximate calendar days. 3. MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN FAN AUTO OK TO PICK MULTIPLE DAYS SCREEN LOCKED CHANGE FILTER UV LAMP HUMIDIFIER PAD Inside Set To SYSTEM RESET HEAT PM Following Schedule SCHED HOLD CLOCK SCREEN...
Owner's Manual - Page 53

... you return from work? TUE FAN AUTO Inside Set To SYSTEM HEAT Following Schedule Recovery PM SCHED HOLD CLOCK SCREEN MORE M22301 It takes about a week for 6:00 AM and 70°F. Understanding Temperature Recovery Feature Your thermostat comes with a feature called Adaptive Intelligent Recovery™, which eliminates all guesswork when setting your...
Owner's Manual - Page 59

...settings are installed as marked on the thermostat. Key to the right of the Verify that fresh AAA alkaline batteries are : do not change. • Heating 40°F to 90°F(4.5°...; If all of this was checked, contact your local heating and cooling contractor. 59 69-1725-1 Check that this was checked, contact your local heating and cooling contractor. System key. •...

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