Hunter thermostat question

[RMccord]

Would there be any reason that the Hunter 44260 Set & Save Programmable Thermostat could not be used instead of the other Hunter thermostat that others are using. I already have this one and would like to use it but will get the other unit if necessary.
Thanks

[sreigle]

Bob, as long as the clock runs from batteries onboard the thermostat unit it should work just fine. I know when we got ours there were two Hunter models mentioned. One was programmable, the "setback" type of thermostat and the other wasn't. I wanted the programmable but Walmart was out of those and we were getting ready to leave on our 5-week fulltiming trial run and it was January, cold weather. I believe the wiring is identical to the non-programmable, if I recall.

Do you have the wiring info? If not, I think I might still have it on my laptop somewhere. It's not a real intuitive swap.

Found one of the wiring diagrams. This one is by fulltimedreamer and is a very good one. I hope he doesn't mind my posting this.
http://www.geocities.com/fulltimedre...m_upgrade.html

The reason you need one that is battery-run is that RV thermostat voltage is different than stick home thermostat voltage. The battery method allows using a stick home thermostat in an RV.

[Russ and Sandy]

I think it should work fine for you as it appears to be very similar to a Hunter 44110 I picked up at Lowe's for about $30. It is a 5+1+1 programmable. Works perfectly and a major improvement over the original. Also hooked up the switch for the two speed fan. Here's another link that may prove helpful for wiring.
http://www.rverscorner.com/articles/hunterstat.htm

Russ

[Russ and Sandy]

Forgot to post a link which has more wiring info and also discusses the Fan Switch mod.

http://www.rverscorner.com/articles/hunterstat.htm

Russ

[OntMont]

See also the thread "PROGRAMABLE THERMOSTAT" in the "Montana Problems and Technical Help" section

[sreigle]

Gee, don't know what I was thinking. In my post, make that "thermostat runs on batteries".