"A-B" Switch to Alternate Thermostats?

[hdh]

Hi All, first post, not sure this is the right forum but it does involve a pellet stove so...

Will be installing a pellet stove soon for supplemental heat in the upstairs of a hi-ranch style home. The thermostat for the single-zone forced-hot-air heat is upstairs just down the hall from the stove, and I expect it to not be on much if at all while I use the stove.

But my son's bedroom and some living space is downstairs, which won't get much if any heat while the pellet stove does its job upstairs.

I'm thinking I could install a new thermostat downstairs to more accurately control the temp down there, but wire it in such a way that only one thermostat is in control at any given time, with some kind of manual switch so I can easily change which one is the "active" thermostat.

My kids are with me only half the time (divorced), plus heat and a/c are the same system, so the ability to switch the active thermostat between up- and down-stairs will be useful. Or so my thinking goes...

Wiring the new thermostat would not be a problem, it's this "A-B" switching concept I need some help with.

Any input, advice and sanity checks appreciated.

Howard

 

[Arti]

Wireless thermostat and carry it around to where ever you want also Honeywell makes a thermostat with remote sensors and you can choose which one it senses or it will sense all of them and average the temp, pricey though for the remote sensor.

 

[DBCOOPER]

You can wire two thermostats in parallel and just change its mode to off. Actually you can just leave them both on and it will only come on if the thermostat calls for heat.

 

[hdh]

Thanks guys, I'll look into both options.