Good afternoon, everyone; I just had a Honeywell RTH8500 Touch Screen Programmable Thermostat installed by an electrician and I'm not convinced it's properly done. Here's some background: 1. I have a forced air system. I have a Lennox EC10Q3-20 furnace about 20yrs old and there's a separate air conditioning unit on the outside of the house. 2. The system is on the EMG HEAT setting, as instructed by both the electrician AND Honeywell Customer Service. Heat was coming out of the vents when the electrician cranked it up to a desired temp of 89.5 and the inside temp was at 70.0. Is it normal that the thermostat would show "Aux Heat On"? Is it dependent on how far apart the desired and actual temperatures are for the "Aux" to turn on? 3. A couple of hours after he left, I set the desired temp to 73 while the inside temp was 70. The fan came on and started to blow out [I]moderately[/I] warm air. Is this normal. Maybe I need some education here, but as long as Aux Heat [B]doesn't[/B] come on, wouldn't the heated air coming out of the vents always be more or less the same temperature until the area achieves the desired temp. on teh thermostat. Or is it dependent on how far apart the actual and desired temps. are (remember, as long as Aux Heat isn't on)? 4. Why does my system have to be on EMG HEAT setting on the thermostat and not the normal HEAT setting? This is where I think it was improperly programmed or even wired improperly. See next question. 5. When programming the thermostat, the electrician set it as if I had a Multi-Stage Heat Pump. Again, I think I need some education here, but my understanding is that I [I]don't[/I] have a heat pump, but rather a electric furnace and an outside AC unit. Should he have set it to Conventional Multi-Stage System? If yes, how do I know if I have 2 heating & one cooling (or any other combination) without checking the wiring? Reason I say without checking the wires is that I didn't see how it was wired before he installed the new thermostat. In other words, can I know just by checking my system components? Thank you very much. Piero Fusco

I'm trying to replace my Honeywell thermostat T8195B w/ the Hunter 44550. I just want to double check on the wiring before I connect everything. On the T8195B I have the following wires that are currently connected: R B W C G Y Here is the manual for the Hunter 44550. (enter 44550) [url]http://www.hunterfanhq.com/hiw-prod/orderinv/frames/ps_frame.htm[/url] I'm assuming that I use the configuration on page 36 "4 Wire Heat/Cool System" and use the following mapping T8195B -> 44550 R -> RH B -> Not connected W -> W C -> Not connected G -> G Y -> Y/Y1 Does that sound correct? I wanted to double check since I had a "B" connection...and now it tells me not to connect it.