What Thermostat Do You Use...

[bassNspear]

i got a new ice castle, and will not use it till i replace the thermostat that they send. Stupid things never work and I'm not going to get stranded out on the ice.

Can you please share what you guys have been using.

I want to get a digital one. What should i buy?

[harvey lee]

Jason, do you have the Atwood furnace with the Hydro Flame thermo?

That's the one I have and it works great. I thought of going to a digital for a more accurate thermo but the Hydro Flame one I have works great, is accurate as far as about 2-3 degree's according to another I set in the house to check the Hydro Falme one that came in the house.

Does it not come on so the fan or blower can start and then let the furnace fire? Any chance the wires could be loose to the thermo? Easy to check, just pull the cover and u can see the 2 wires and where they connect.

[bassNspear]

i have the stupid cheap thermostat they send with the house. There never reliable.

[bassNspear]

Firecat had this one in another post, and other people said they liked it as well so i just placed a order for one

[harvey lee]

You must have recieevd a different one than I did in mine as mine works very well. Not digital though but works all the time.

[outkast7222]

Do not get a Honeywell digital, they will not work below 32°. Hunter digital does. I bought a cheap electronic/manual Hunter slide thermostat from Menards and it works great!

[David Anderson]

Do you have a model number for this thermostat? It's exactly what I am looking for but their site doesn't show this one.

[randerson]

Looks like a T601-2

[morepower02]

I have no problems with the standard atwood. Make sure the anticipator is set close to 1.0 and not off the wire and on the end rivet. Caused me problems until I found that out.

[OutlawBiz]

Firecat had this one in another post, and other people said they liked it as well so i just placed a order for one

Where did you order this model from? How much $ if I may ask? $33 on the auction site...that seem like a good deal!?

Specs say 25F-90F set point range. Is 25F low enough for wheelhouse, or will that cause issues getting the furnace to fire when it's colder than 25F!?

Also says battery or 24v power. Forgive my ignorance...but aren't our Ice Castles 12v?

[bassNspear]

Use battery and your fine. I bought mine off hsolist. Shipped out yesterday

[Redlineracer12]

Use battery and your fine.

Until the battery dies... I'll stick with my mechanical one, one less battery to worry about.

[POPS57]

I put an old Honeywell round in my house. It's called a t-87f with a heat/off/cool back plate. It uses mercury and you can't buy them anymore. There are only two small drawbacks. One they are only accurate on a level area. But it's not hard to figure out which way to adjust the dial to get the temp. you want. Second I would not use one while moving like some do. There is not a more accurate more reliable T stat out there. It uses no power it's only a switch run by mercury that makes contact. And when you put it to off it's off. Outside temp. will not affect this unit. They are out there if you look or know an hvac person.