After I started experiencing issues with furnace/thermostat (see another thread) I opened a manual for my furnace and found this:
THERMOSTAT POWER ROBBING THERMOSTATS IMPORTANT: There are three basic types of thermostats. They are: mechanical, battery powered and power robbing. Thermostats that are powered by furnace transformer voltage, referred to as “power robbing,” may not be used. Use of a power robbing thermostat will result in intermittent operation.
It seems to me that wired insteon thermostat is in fact power robbing and is not allowed with my unit? I have 5 wires running up and all the terminals match. Except the weird shutdown on heat issue everything functions normally, but now with the above statement I wonder if I am causing unnecessary wear on the furnace??
THERMOSTAT POWER ROBBING THERMOSTATS IMPORTANT: There are three basic types of thermostats. They are: mechanical, battery powered and power robbing. Thermostats that are powered by furnace transformer voltage, referred to as “power robbing,” may not be used. Use of a power robbing thermostat will result in intermittent operation.
It seems to me that wired insteon thermostat is in fact power robbing and is not allowed with my unit? I have 5 wires running up and all the terminals match. Except the weird shutdown on heat issue everything functions normally, but now with the above statement I wonder if I am causing unnecessary wear on the furnace??
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