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Thermostat wiring question

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From: Bill Pherigo
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 19:35
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    I'm trying to hack the interface to my furnace to allow it to be controlled
by my PC.  My thermostat, A Chronotherm III, has 5 wires going to it.  I was
able to to deduce from looking at the schematic for the furnace that one wire
is a common, one is to turn on the Fan, and a third is either to turn on the
flame, or to turn on both the flame and the fan (not sure).  The A/C was added
to the furnace as an option, and I can't locate a schematic for it.  I would
expect there to be a single wire to turn on the A/C compressor.  This leaves
that 5th wire that I can't figure out.  I would think that this is a standard
interface that someone in net land could tell me about.  Any help?

Bill Pherigo
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From: wlp@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bill Pherigo)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:35:30 GMT
Subject: Thermostat wiring question
Message-ID: <7480160@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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