Replacing a Honeywell RTH6350D1000

[drdan9999]

Hi! I want to try to replace my Honeywell thermostat with the this beautiful Nest product that I bought. I would like to do it myself if I can but I am unsure of some of the wiring.

On my Honeywell RTH6350D1000 I have this - I don't know if I can upload a picture

left to right:

Conventional

Y2                     W2                    G                   W                         Not used.   Y                         R                      Rc

Beige wire.    White Wire.   Green Wire.  Orange Wire.  {none}.         Yellow Wire.     Red Wire       Jumper from R to  Rc

E                       Aux                  G                      O/B                  Not Used      Y                        R                      Rc

Heat Pump

So I have six wires and a jumper (i\I am sure the jumper is to be removed right?

My question is where to put the wires on my Nest:

Y                                G

C                                R

W                               *OB

I think 5 of 6 are obvious to me - I am concerned where to place the one that is cuurently conjected to the Y2/E - where on the Nest do I connect that one?

I will appreciate any help you all can offer. Thanks in advance!

[drdan9999]

Adding the pictures of both old and new thermostats.

[RenzJ]

Hi drdan9999,

Thanks for bringing this up here in the Google Nest community. We’re excited for your new Nest Thermostat, and I'd be happy to take a look at it for you. You can follow the steps and wiring diagram below:

1. Beige wire: this is an emergency heating wire. The Nest Thermostat 2020 is not yet designed to have emergency heating working together with a heat pump with auxiliary heating. What we suggest is not to attach it to the Nest thermostat (cover the copper end of the wire and tuck it inside the whole thing).
2. White wire to W Terminal
3. Green wire to G Terminal
4. Orange wire to the */OB terminal
5. Yellow wire to the Y terminal
6. red wire to the R terminal and remove the jumper from R to Rc.

Let me know if you have other questions or concerns.

Best, 

Renz

[drdan9999]

Thank you so very much for your reply!  I am excited to try that! As I stated ,I was fairly confident in all the wire placement but the beige (emergency). You addressed that nicely, so I will try as soon as I get a moment. I will definitely report back and inform you of my success!  You re so helpful - I really appreciate that and value your experience. Thanks!

[RenzJ]

Hey drdan9999,

We’re glad to hear that! I’m looking forward to the result. Let us know if you need more help, you know where to find us!. 

Cheers,

Renz

[drdan9999]

No luck so far. It tells me that I need the nest power connector or a common wire. As I was looking at the wires, there is one more wire that I had not spoken of, because it was hidden away and covered in tape. It is a blue wire. Might that be a common wire? If so, then I guess I would use that? If you say that is not the one and that I need to get the power connector, I will do that. It does offer that to me for free.

Please let me know what you think and I will order that. I'm going to leave it hooked up as it is right now with the power for the air conditioner and heater turned off. Fortunately, I don't think I will need the heater this week. So I will wait for your response and see what your news your expertise offers! Again, Iappreciate you working me through this! Thanks again!

[RenzJ]

Hello drdan9999,

Thanks for the update, and I’m sorry to hear that you’re having problems with the installation. I was really hoping for a smooth process with this, but don’t worry, we’ll help you out.

Let’s get a closer look before we conclude if the blue wire is a common wire. Take a photo of your HVAC control board and send it to us.

Also, if I may ask, do you have a multimeter?

Keep us posted.

Best,

Renz

[drdan9999]

Hmm. Where do I find the HVAC Control Board? LOL Sorry if that is such a rookie quiestion, but I am! I am not sure if I still have a multimeter I will check in the meantime.

[RenzJ]

Hi drdan9999,

No worries, we all start somewhere! Typically, the HVAC control board is located on an inside wall or, most likely, near your heating and air conditioning equipment.

Let us know if that helps.

Cheers,

Renz

[drdan9999]

I don't have a panel on an inside wall. My system is split. There's one piece outside, and then there's another piece under the house. I think what I'm going to do is go ahead and order the nest learning thermostat. And reading about that and looking at the wiring for that, it shows that it should probably work for my unit. Does not need a common wire or so it says.

I should have that unit in a few days and I will try to hook that up. I will let you know how that turns out. I really do appreciate all the advice you have given me so far. I just don't know enough to go looking inside the control panel. If I see something done once, then I have confidence to do it a second time, but without having ever done it, I don't think I have the nerve to do that! Lol thanks again for your advice so far. I will fill you in on my propgress!

[zoeuvre]

Hi folks, 

@drdan9999, chiming in—thanks for reaching out, and I'm sorry to hear about the situation. I want to check if you managed to follow the steps instructed by RenzJ above? Please let us know if you still have questions or concerns, as we'll be willing to assist you more.

I appreciate your help, Renz. 

Thanks,

Zoe

[drdan9999]

All., We can close this with my many thanks to those who helped. I went ahead and got the Nest Learning Thermostat and it works beautifully on my system.

What you all do to help us  folks with little knowledge is awesome! Keep up the kindness!

[zoeuvre]

Hi there drdan9999, 

Awesome! I'm glad that everything has been sorted out. If you have questions or concerns in the future, feel free to start a new thread, and we'll be happy to help.

All the best,

Zoe