I have an receptacle in the same outlet as the switch. The outlet was not powered even though it appeared to be wired correctly but the fan was working properly with the switch. My electrician wired the receptacle so it was hot but now the fan runs constantly when the switch is on and we're both stumped. Any ideas on how to wire this thing correctly?
The heat was working fine and the fan wasn't blowing all the time until we made the outlet hot. I have a red, black, white, and ground coming from the furnace. We have black going into the receptacle, red going into the top of the switch, white going into the bottom of the switch, and ground is on the ground screw of the switch.
Yes, we just found the manuals and are looking for a wiring diagram for the switch but so far just see the thermostat and the actual furnace. What is the red wire for?
The previous owners decided they wanted a gas fireplace so they ran a gas line up through the ash chute into the fireplace. There was no cutoff near the fireplace, just the one in the basement that you see in the pic. When we first saw the house our real estate agent told the selling agent that not only was that illegal but likely to end tragically for all involved. What's really scary is the previous owners weren't handy enough to do it themselves so they got someone to do that for them.
That's the problem, I don't know what it's for and the schematics and whatnot for the furnace are well beyond me.
I wired it back to how it was originally so the switch works correctly but the receptacle is cold. The black (power) goes into the bottom of the switch, the black (furnace) goes into the top of the switch, the neutral (power) goes into the top left side of the receptacle, the white (furnace) goes into the bottom left side of the receptacle, and the red (furnace) goes into the right top side of the receptacle.
Then it was wired right before your electrician touched it.
And if he rewired it back to the original way, its correct again.
Its only suppose to be hot when the blower runs.
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