Did we buy wrong thermostat for Lopi Yankee? (2 wires/ 4 wires?)

[markbaldwin27]

Hi all,

Wow what an incredible resource this site is! Already learned so much.

We're in the middle of purchasing a house with a Lopi Yankee which has been running manually so we're installing a thermostat. We purchased a Honeywell RTH2300 but notice this configuration called for 4 wires from the thermostat, when we only have 2 coming from out the stove, red and white.

We've tried various combonations but the thermostat doesn't seem to communicate at all. Did we buy the wrong one?

THIS thread almost had my answer but the links to the PDF are broken

Lopi Yankee Bay insert thermostat

I saw a posting for the Lopi Pioneer Bay that said an off the shelf thermostat could be used. Is this true for the Yankee Bay as well? I don't see how that would be connected, as there are just the 2 connections for wires on the stove. How does one connect a commercial thermostat to the...

www.hearth.com

Many thanks for any replies, we really appreciate it.

 

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Honeywell RTH2300

Your stove is a simple two wire thermostat stove, with the RTH2300 remove jumper between R and RC. Connect one wire to R and other to W set thermostat on heat Board has to be placed in tstat mode of your choice of 3. If board is not like one pictured let us know.