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[AWG_Pics]

I replaced the FWC OEM thermostat with this Honeywell: https://www.amazon.c...e?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Much more responsive and no problems at all. (Except when I forgot to turn the on switch on the side of the thermostat to 'on'.)

[Outnabout]

I replaced the FWC OEM thermostat with this Honeywell: https://www.amazon.c...e?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Much more responsive and no problems at all. (Except when I forgot to turn the on switch on the side of the thermostat to 'on'.)

Just a matter of charging out wire for wire?

[AWG_Pics]

Just a matter of charging out wire for wire?

 

Yes -- pretty simple. I know nothing about electrical stuff and managed it in about 20 minutes, including 10 minutes of obsessing over the installation notes.

Edited by AWG_Pics, 24 January 2022 - 02:56 AM.

[Outnabout]

Yes -- pretty simple. I know nothing about electrical stuff and managed it in about 20 minutes, including 10 minutes of obsessing over the installation notes.

Thanks. I do the same. [emoji106]

[pvstoy]

replaced with same Honeywell.

What I did because you can not tell what degree setting you are placing the arm, I put a sharpie mark in the middle of the lever arm. Slide it all the way to the left and place a line under the lever sharpie line on the white body. do the same all the way to the left.

Take a thin ruler and place it under the lever. Make 35 mark at zero scale. Note the measurement at the 85 degree mark. Then it is just placing scaling marks at 45, 55, 65 and 75. I wrote on the white body at the lever arm the numbers ( 35,45, 55, 65, 75 & 85 )



If you don't do this then you are just guessing trying to line up your eye.

[blitzkrieg3002]

I gave up messing with my furnace, I was either too hot or too cold.  I ditched the unit entirely and installed a Chinese Diesel Heater off ebay for $115.  works pretty good and has a pretty low draw on the battery.  I installed it in my propane bottle location on a swift shell model and pulled the furnace out and use that furnace area for storage.  the CDH is pretty solid so far i'm impressed for the price.  I've ran it multiple times at temps ranging from 1F-20F outside and it's worked out well.  In temps above freezing you just can idle it and it sips diesel and power at less than 1 amp.  below freezing you kinda gotta crank it up depending how warm you want it inside.

 

If anyone is looking for a furnace out of a 2015 swift shell for cheap hit me up.

Edited by blitzkrieg3002, 02 February 2022 - 01:24 AM.