Thermostat Wiring

[jrlsburns]

2012 36RL Living room thermostat was removed and several labels fell off the wires. Now after reinstall when Elec Heat (heat pump) is selected propane also runs. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Bob

 

[nwirt74@gmail.com]

T-stat wiring;

On our 2013 36RE, the t-stat wiring is as follows;
Red-12 volt dc +
Blue-12 volt dc-
Gray- fan low speed
Green- fan high speed
Yellow-compressor
White-furnace
White/Black-Heat Pump

 

[TexasProud]

Thermostat wiring

I have same model. will take a look asap. if you have resolved issue. please post that.

May be Sunday afternoon Dec 8th before I can get to it.

Robert

 

[Terry S]

Ha, we have a 2014 coach. Several years back I thought I had a problem that the propane was not supposed to run when I had the electric/heat pump selected. Turned out that the propane will run if there is a big enough gap between the selected temp on the thermostat and the actual temperature that the unit is at( I forget what the difference is). Makes sense, heat pumps will only work well when outside is about 32 degrees or greater. The thermostat is smart enough to know when to kick in the propane to assist the electric heat so the coach doesn't freeze up. As the coach comes up close to the set temperature you should see the propane then kick out and if the heat pump will has enough BTU's it will then sustain things on electric only. I was all set to replace the thermostat until one of the then senior members explained this to me. Good Luck...

 

[XCMARK]

If you set the thermostat to 4* warmer then the current inside temp the heat pump should run. If you set it to a wider gap like 70 degrees and its 58 degrees inside the propane heat will start running to prevent the heat pump from freezing up the outside coil.