Wiring a Thermostat

[burns]

I would like to hook a thermostat up to my St. Croix Hastings but I have no idea what gauge wire I need to do so. Any suggestions? Also, all the thermostats I can find are 24v. Will these work with the Hastings? Anyone have any good testimonials on thermostats used with this particaular stove?

Thanks in advance!

 

[smoke show]

I would like to hook a thermostat up to my St. Croix Hastings but I have no idea what gauge wire I need to do so. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

thermostat wire

 

[Xena]

Don't have the Hastings but mine is a St Croix.
I'm using a Skytech wireless t stat.
I put a link and comments in this thread

 

[defield]

kimeric is correct, and brevity is a virtue.

Thermostat wire is available for purchase, by the foot, at The Home Depot or other liike stores.

Choices are usually 2 wire or three wire and usually only two different wire gauges offered. ( As you know, pellet stoves use a low voltage thermostat.)

Best to check the owner's manual and/or web site for your stove to see what, if any, recommendations they make and to see if the total recommended wire length is stated.

Am running a Lopi Leyden with the inexpensive thermostat that Travis Industries provides, wire run of about 32 feet, wire fished through the walls for neatness, and it works excellent. May change to a programmable sometime.

Hopefully someone with your exact stove will suggest thermostat brands.

 

[woodsman23]

I have an afton bay st croix and i use a rite temp programmable, cost is ~ 30 bucks at the hommey. It will work just fine. 2 wires hook to the back of the stove then to thermostat. Be sure you hook the wires up properly. Rite temp has a web site that is most helpfull.

www.ritetemp-thermostats.com

 

[imacman]

Since your only using this for heating, if there's a jumper wire between RH and RC, it's not needed.....remove it completely.

 

[ChandlerR]

I asked a similar question and today I added a thermostat. I bought a Honeywell "round" thermostat. I used the two terminals Red and White that just complete the circuit when heat is called for. I did something else as well. Seeing as I only want one thermostat in the room and I have a choice of heaters (Oil furnace and pellet stove), I installed a switch under the thermostat that will allow me to choose between the two. Seeing as I won't be using both at the same time, it should work out well.
I bought the wire at Home Depot. They didn't have "thermostat wire" (red and white) but they had solid core bell wire which works just as well.

Chandler