Thermostat question

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bmrichardson81

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Jan 19, 2017
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Columbia, TN
I just bought a house with a wood doctor. I have a pump running water to an air to water heat exchanger in the plenum of my lp furnace and a side arm hx on my water heater. When burning wood I turn the lp off to my furnace. My thermostat only works if I set the fan to "on". I would like to have it set to a set temp (ie 78) and run on "auto" so that we don't have to turn the fan on and off manually throughout the day. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

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Yes, you should not have to manually turn the thermostat on and off. It can be wired to come on and off with a second thermostat. It's not terribly difficult to do. A second thermostat could either signal the G wire or terminal (if it's set up for AC) or you could relay the 120v. fan wire.

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