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Old 11-30-17, 06:22 AM
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I have a TJERNLUND power vent that has three small wires, one green one white and one red. There is no wire schematic on the inside of the cover. The red and white I assume is the neutral and hot, where would the green wire get hooked up to?
 
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Green would be the ground wire.
 
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Green is usually the ground wire
 
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Old 11-30-17, 01:17 PM
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Would the white wire be the switched wire?
I have no schamatic, does the red green & white connect to the thermostat panel on the gas furnace?
 
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Normally the hot is switched, not the neutral so I would think the red would be switched.
 
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It doesn't sound like you are too sure of what you are doing. Give us more information so we can help you further. A model number of what you are connecting would be helpful. I'm guessing you are using the power venter that gets installed into a duct as a booster. It needs 120vac to operate. It also needs to know when the furnace blower is running.

Some of those venters come with a relay kit. Sometimes the wiring is left up to the installer.
 
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TJERNLUND
The model number is GPAK-1T
yes it’s powered by 120v
 
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Old 12-02-17, 10:51 AM
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Try posting the picture directly to the board... How-to-insert-pictures
 
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In the link below is the installation instructions. This unit is used to power vent a furnace flue. I can help you with the wiring but not the actual unit installation.

Tjernlund_installation_8504013.pdf

I need to know what you are connecting this to. The call for heat starts that blower first and then then the blower tells the heating plant to start. This way the plant can't heat without the blower running first.
 
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thank you, that will help greatly with the installation.
 
 

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