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Wireless Thermostat Installation Issues Mark Rullo 10-03-2006
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Posted by Mark Rullo on October 3, 2006, 4:15 pm


Hi there, not sure if you'd be able to help me with this, but I'm having
trouble installing this thermostat unit (
http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/W8665A1009
http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/T8665A1002
)
. I have a simple 2 wire system running to a boiler with rads. The
thermostat is connecting to the receiver (wirelessly) as per the appropriate
blinking lights, and it will make a call for heat for only 10 seconds or so.
After that the receiver shuts down the call, but the thermostat unit is
still sending a call. I figured that out by seeing if there was power
flowing through the return (which only happens for about 10 seconds). I'm
not sure if it's a problem with setting up the thermostat unit, the
receiver, or the furnace. I can start the furnace if I complete the
thermostat circut. I'm not sure where to go from here.

If anyone could provide any guidance I would truely appreciate it.

Mark




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Posted by Malcolm Hoar on October 3, 2006, 4:56 pm


>Hi there, not sure if you'd be able to help me with this, but I'm having
>trouble installing this thermostat unit (
>http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/W8665A1009
>http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/T8665A1002
>)
>. I have a simple 2 wire system running to a boiler with rads. The
>thermostat is connecting to the receiver (wirelessly) as per the appropriate
>blinking lights, and it will make a call for heat for only 10 seconds or so.
>After that the receiver shuts down the call, but the thermostat unit is
>still sending a call. I figured that out by seeing if there was power
>flowing through the return (which only happens for about 10 seconds). I'm
>not sure if it's a problem with setting up the thermostat unit, the
>receiver, or the furnace. I can start the furnace if I complete the
>thermostat circut. I'm not sure where to go from here.

Try moving the transmitter closer to the receiver!

It sounds like... thermostat tells the furnace to light
up. Then the electrical noise generated by the furnace
is causing the thermostat to loose contact with the base
station thereby causing the furnace to shut down.

If it works as intended at close range, you've got a
transmission range problem.

--
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
| malch@malch.com Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by Mark on October 3, 2006, 5:36 pm


Hi Malcom, I appreciate your prompt reply. My transmitter is about 8
ft from my receiver. The instructions explicitly say it must be more
than 5 ft away.

I just called the Honeywell tech support line and they're not very
helpful at all.

I spoke with a friend of a friend who's an HVAC guy and he said I
should check my flame sensor. He said if the heater shuts down after
about 10-30 sec then pull out the flame sensor and sand down teh grime.
I'm gonig to do that tonight and post the results.

Mark

Malcolm Hoar wrote:
> >Hi there, not sure if you'd be able to help me with this, but I'm having
> >trouble installing this thermostat unit (
> >http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/W8665A1009
> >http://customer.honeywell.com/honeywell/ProductInfo.aspx/T8665A1002
> >)
> >. I have a simple 2 wire system running to a boiler with rads. The
> >thermostat is connecting to the receiver (wirelessly) as per the appropriate
> >blinking lights, and it will make a call for heat for only 10 seconds or so.
> >After that the receiver shuts down the call, but the thermostat unit is
> >still sending a call. I figured that out by seeing if there was power
> >flowing through the return (which only happens for about 10 seconds). I'm
> >not sure if it's a problem with setting up the thermostat unit, the
> >receiver, or the furnace. I can start the furnace if I complete the
> >thermostat circut. I'm not sure where to go from here.
>
> Try moving the transmitter closer to the receiver!
>
> It sounds like... thermostat tells the furnace to light
> up. Then the electrical noise generated by the furnace
> is causing the thermostat to loose contact with the base
> station thereby causing the furnace to shut down.
>
> If it works as intended at close range, you've got a
> transmission range problem.
>
> --
> |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
> | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
> | malch@malch.com Gary Player. |
> | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Posted by Malcolm Hoar on October 3, 2006, 6:49 pm


>Hi Malcom, I appreciate your prompt reply. My transmitter is about 8
>ft from my receiver. The instructions explicitly say it must be more
>than 5 ft away.
>
>I just called the Honeywell tech support line and they're not very
>helpful at all.
>
>I spoke with a friend of a friend who's an HVAC guy and he said I
>should check my flame sensor. He said if the heater shuts down after
>about 10-30 sec then pull out the flame sensor and sand down teh grime.
> I'm gonig to do that tonight and post the results.

Yes, but you seemed to suggest that the furnace was okay
if you manually close the thermostat circuit. If so, I'd
still suspect a transmission problem -- and still try
moving the thermostat/transmitter around since that's
a pretty easy experiment to conduct.

--
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
| malch@malch.com Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by Mark on October 3, 2006, 8:27 pm


Hi Malcom,
I didn't mean to doubt you. I actually just got done fighting with it
for another night. I tried your suggestion and no such luck. The Red
light comes on solid, I can hear the furnace clicking and doing what it
does when I manually close the circut. Before the pilot light is lit,
the red light fades away and the furnace does not come on. I'm
boggled.

Mark

Malcolm Hoar wrote:
> >Hi Malcom, I appreciate your prompt reply. My transmitter is about 8
> >ft from my receiver. The instructions explicitly say it must be more
> >than 5 ft away.
> >
> >I just called the Honeywell tech support line and they're not very
> >helpful at all.
> >
> >I spoke with a friend of a friend who's an HVAC guy and he said I
> >should check my flame sensor. He said if the heater shuts down after
> >about 10-30 sec then pull out the flame sensor and sand down teh grime.
> > I'm gonig to do that tonight and post the results.
>
> Yes, but you seemed to suggest that the furnace was okay
> if you manually close the thermostat circuit. If so, I'd
> still suspect a transmission problem -- and still try
> moving the thermostat/transmitter around since that's
> a pretty easy experiment to conduct.
>
> --
> |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
> | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". |
> | malch@malch.com Gary Player. |
> | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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