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Damaged Furnace Thermostat Base Plate
Yahoo Message Number: 97078
The thermostat cover on my 2004, 26.5 MB furnace was accidentally struck and the left-top hook on the base plate, from which the cover hangs, was broken off. Is there any alternative to ordering a new thermostat from LD? I thought I had read here of a digital replacement that everyone liked.

Thanks for any replies.

Paul NE 50
Re: Damaged Furnace Thermostat Base Plate
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Yahoo Message Number: 97080
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The thermostat cover on my 2004, 26.5 MB furnace was accidentally struck and the left-top hook on the base plate, from which the cover hangs, was broken off. Is there any alternative to ordering a new thermostat from LD? I thought I had read here of a digital replacement that everyone liked.

Thanks for any replies.

Paul NE 50
Paul, I replaced the thermostat in my 2003 MB with this Honeywell HTH221 programmable.  Works great. Got it from Home Depot but is available all over.  It will help to move that mag rack over slightly to give you more room.  4 screws.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WEKNOW Joe Hamm-San Jose
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Re: Damaged Furnace Thermostat Base Plate
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Yahoo Message Number: 97081
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Paul, I replaced the thermostat in my 2003 MB with this Honeywell HTH221 programmable.  Works great. Got it from Home Depot but is available all over.  It will help to move that mag rack over slightly to give you more room.  4 screws.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WEKNOW Joe Hamm-San Jose
Paul, I see some actual dimensions for this thermo listed on their spec sheet.  (H x W X D) 4.7" x 2.9" x 1.1" Joe
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Re: Damaged Furnace Thermostat Base Plate
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Yahoo Message Number: 97082
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"The thermostat cover on my 2004, 26.5 MB furnace was accidentally struck and the left-top hook on the base plate, from which the cover hangs, was broken off. Is there any alternative to ordering a new thermostat from LD? I thought I had read here of a digital replacement that everyone liked.

Thanks for any replies."

Paul NE 50
Paul, here are a couple of links to thermostat info: http://tinyurl.com/yqgqbb  and message 85644.  I installed the Hunter digital thermostat and it works great.

Chris
Formerly: 2002 30' IB
Re: Damaged Furnace Thermostat Base Plate
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Yahoo Message Number: 97083
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The thermostat cover on my 2004, 26.5 MB furnace was accidentally struck and the left-top hook on the base plate, from which the cover hangs, was broken off. Is there any alternative to ordering a new thermostat from LD? I thought I had read here of a digital replacement that everyone liked.

Thanks for any replies.

Paul NE 50
My thanks to all who resisted the urge to say, "Hey, Dummie, why don't you use the search feature to find what you want?" :-)

Well, I did and found a ton of info and just purchased a Honeywell RTH221B at Home Depot, which looks as though it will fit nicely.
 Now if I can install it without screwing it up (like losing a wire in the wall) my spouse and I will be able to improve on our current chilly relationship.

Thanks gratefully for the replies.

Paul
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Yahoo Message Number: 97101
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Paul NE 50
I finished the installation of the Honeywell digital thermostat a few minutes ago and thought I'd pass along a few notes.

1. It looks and works great. One caveat - I located the base plate  midway between the molding and magazine rack, leaving precious little  space for my tiny finger to reach the operating switches, i.e Off,  Heat, Run, Auto which are on the side of the thermostat. I would not  have had much room to shift it to the left without exposing the old  thermostat right-hand mounting hole.

2. While attaching the wires to the base plate connectors the wall  furnace fan started to run! I was only able to turn it off by pulling  the fuse. Whoa! I had purchased the battery disconnect switch which I  turned to OFF, believing that this action would shut off all power to  my rig. Not so! I talked with Vince at LD and he said that because I  had purchased a solar panel it would also and separately power the  rig. I thought its sole function was to charge the house batteries. He  said I could have pulled the solar fuse and/or the wall furnace fuse  to kill the power. I suppose that if I ever did want to kill all the  power to the rig I could turn the battery switch off and pull the  solar fuse. Interesting. In four years I had never operated that  battery disconnect switch.

3. I had to purchase a $2 set of screwdrivers at Walgreen because
 every screwdriver I owned was too big to fit the very tiny screws in the new thermostat.

Paul NE 50
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Yahoo Message Number: 97103
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Paul NE 50
 I finished the installation of the Honeywell digital thermostat a few minutes ago and thought I'd pass along a few notes.

1. It looks and works great. One caveat - I located the base plate
 midway between the molding and magazine rack, leaving precious little space for my tiny finger to reach the operating switches, Snip
Easy to move that mag rack over to the right Paul.  Move it just enough to still cover up the original holes and give you some room.
Otherwise, you need a pair of tweezers or wife with small fingers.
Joe