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Buzzie8

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I spent a good part of the day trying to move over to a web based thermostat that controls my doors. There are three wires that are on my old mechanical thermostat. A white, blue, and red. I was under the understanding that the red would be a common, and the blue was for NO and the white NC. I have only tried wiring to the first relay on page 9 of this user manual.
http://www.controlbyweb.com/temperature/temperature_um_v1.3.pdf
Here is a photo of the wiring schematic on the old mechanical thermostat:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111571942213110108939/November152012

Any ideas on this?
 

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Are you sure there were 3 wires coming off your old t-stat? Normally there are only 2...There are three contacts and you only use 2...1 is common and you select 1 of the other 2 contacts depending on whether you want to make or break on temperature rise.
 

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Are you sure there were 3 wires coming off your old t-stat? Normally there are only 2...There are three contacts and you only use 2...1 is common and you select 1 of the other 2 contacts depending on whether you want to make or break on temperature rise.
This is the way that all of my old thermostats worked as well.
 

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It would help to know what you're trying to connect to what. Where do the wires from your old thermostat go now? I assume you got a digital temperature sensor too?
 

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Thanks for your responses. Sorry if the post was too vague. I was able to figure it out. The temperature module from controlbyweb.com had some conflicting info in it's manual and schematics and I wasn't wiring the "red" common wire to the correct pin on their controller. This device seems cool. I can control my doors from home and monitor bay temp. Too early to give it five stars but if it holds up, it should be great!
 
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