View Single Post
Old 01-24-2019, 02:09 PM   #7
stevemitchell
Guru
 
stevemitchell's Avatar
 
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: Aruna
Vessel Model: Kristen Yachts 50 Pilot House
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 541
Quote:
Originally Posted by AKDoug View Post
Possibly you bypassed the internal sensor with the new thermostat installation, and need to install an external sensor for it to work properly. The basic heater measures it's heat in the heater, and I installed an external sensor so it measured the room temperature instead of the temperature at the heater so the room would be the temperature I set the thermostat for.

It's worth looking into for you. The optional external sensor comes with a new cover for the heater and plugs into a port in the heater. My original wire harness also has a connection at the thermostat for an external sensor but I could only locate the sensor that plugged into the heater itself, not one that plugged into the thermostat unit.
Hmm maybe, but I don't think this would have caused this. It ran for years before with a simple 3-wire thermostat that basically told the unit to go on when needed, and didn't rely on an external temperature sensor.

At the minimum, I would assume the heater would still power up.
__________________
Steve Mitchell - Editor SeaBits.com
m/v Aruna
50 Kristen Yachts Pilothouse
stevemitchell is offline   Reply With Quote