Thermostat, Yet Again

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I didn't want to co-opt another thermostat thread and I didn't find what I was looking for, so here we go.

My Raven has a fully analog White & Rodgers. Two things bug me about it. One, I'd like to set the low point even lower. Two, unlike others who don't like the system cycling too frequently, mine doesn't seem to cycle enough. I don't like to sleep hot, but if I get it set low enough for upper end comfort, it doesn't seem to kick on until I wake up wondering if I ran out of propane.

I'm in the middle of insulating the windows and under the bed, so that will certainly help.

Is there a perfect thermostat out there? Which one did you settle on? I seem to want one without a battery as it's one less thing to fail in the middle of a cold night. Is that an unreasonable fear? If not, maybe the one linked in the other current thermostat thread is the way to go.

As always...THANKS!
 
I just replaced the two aa batteries in our camper thermostat after years of use. It took thirty seconds. Change them once a year (i.e. day light savings time, same as smoke detector batteries in your house) and no problems.

Best simple thermostat is a honeywell with garage setting (able to lower to 35 degrees, household limit you to 45 I think) that runs around $20 or so. Sorry I don't have a number, we bought it so long ago on Amazon.

Someone will add a link to it soon. :)
 
You can easily adjust the cycle time of the thermostat. There's an adjustment screw under the cover. Sorry I can't give you more info, but my Fleet is in storage. But a simple web search should get you the info.
 
ski3pin said:
I just replaced the two aa batteries in our camper thermostat after years of use. It took thirty seconds. Change them once a year (i.e. day light savings time, same as smoke detector batteries in your house) and no problems.

Best simple thermostat is a honeywell with garage setting (able to lower to 35 degrees, household limit you to 45 I think) that runs around $20 or so. Sorry I don't have a number, we bought it so long ago on Amazon.

Someone will add a link to it soon. :)
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Bosque Bill said:
You can easily adjust the cycle time of the thermostat. There's an adjustment screw under the cover. Sorry I can't give you more info, but my Fleet is in storage. But a simple web search should get you the info.
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Thank you both!
 
Well, it was pinned all the way to the longest cycle! No wonder. :D

Thanks again!
 
eyemgh said:
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Is there a perfect thermostat out there? Which one did you settle on? I seem to want one without a battery as it's one less thing to fail in the middle of a cold night. Is that an unreasonable fear? If not, maybe the one linked in the other current thermostat thread is the way to go.

As always...THANKS!
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If you do have a thermostat failure, you can short across the switch to get heat.
 
Also... on my White & Rogers, which you move the lever all the way to the left to turn it off, about a year ago I didn't get heat and discovered that those contacts didn't close when the lever was moved to set the temperature. Over the years the plastic piece that slides between the contacts to hold them open had caused the contacts to fatigue & lose their spring, so they didn't close when the plastic piece slid back out.

I was able to press on those contacts to get it to work again. I'm too cheap to buy a cheap replacement thermostat, so just check when I turn it on that the contacts close. (Yeah, I know.)
 
AWG_Pics said:
Done: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Z7EBCE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I bought one of these November 2015 and had it in the garage wall for the heater. Took out the heater before I used it. I put it in the FWC just a couple of months ago and works fine.

What I did because you can not tell what degree setting you are placing the arm, I put a sharpie mark in the middle of the lever arm. Slide it all the way to the left and place a line under the lever sharpie line on the white body. do the same all the way to the left.
Take a thin ruler and place it under the lever. Make 35 mark at zero scale. Note the measurement at the 85 degree mark. Then it is just placing scaling marks at 45, 55, 65 and 75. I wrote on the white body at the lever arm the numbers ( 35,45, 55, 65, 75 & 85 )

If you don't do this then you are just guessing trying to line up your eye.

Last trip I set it around 38 to 40 degrees overnight and worked out ok.
 
craig333 said:
Too many times I've had batteries die in the middle of the night.
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I had a little concern about that, but I figure if I change them way more than they need be, I’ll be OK. A new set of good quality alkalines per year ought to be sufficient. Fingers crossed!
 
I never got a season out of a set of batteries. Not sure why I had so many issues with batteries. Possibly heat related.
 
Use lithium as batteries, they work at low temps. Alkaline batteries are not designed for cold environments. I have a set of lithium’s in my Honeywell thermo, last set made it well over a year. Only issue is if they vibrate loose while driving. Simply need to be reseated inside thermo.
 
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