[rocketdoctor]

I have some millivolt wired to a switch that goes to my Fireplace Mantel. In the mantel I have 120 constant current romax. I was hoping I could wire that to an outlet on my mantel and have it switched with the thermostat wire. Someone explained I could do it with low voltage relays but I am unsure where to get these and the right ones to get

 

[Yoyizit]

The relay contacts have to be able to switch 120vac at the current drawn by your mantel outlet [15A?] for the kind of load you are switching [incandescent, motor, resistive].

The relay coil has to be run on [I assume] 24vac.

hosfelt.com, digi-key, Jameco, Allied, AllElectronics and Grainger all have relays to do this.

 

[J. V.]

You can do whatever you want. You just need to know how to do it.
The low voltage can be used to energize a relay that switches the 120 volts. Is that what you want to do?

 

[cochise7969]

If that's what he you want to do I'm sure its fine.

 

[williswires]

Since you said your tstat is a millivolt one, the power for the millivolt thermostat is probably supplied by a thermocouple or thermopile, not to be confused with a low voltage tstat which is typically 24vac.

I'm wondering if your millivolt source can handle the extra load of the relay you want to install, that is if you can find a relay which has a millivolt coil.

 

[kbsparky]

Easy task. Simply use a double-pole switch, with the milivolt controlled by one side, and your outlet thru a remcom rc120s relay on the other half of the switch. :whistling2:

 

[J. V.]

Easy task. Simply use a double-pole switch, with the milivolt controlled by one side, and your outlet thru a remcom rc120s relay on the other half of the switch. :whistling2:

Yes, the millivolt statement had me a bit confused too. I just thought the OP was confused and did not know what he had. He must/should have a usable power source for the controls? How else would they work. I know of nothing that can be operated by a millivolt output except thermocouples and load cells, and they are only sending a millivolt signal, not powering anything.

 

[rocketdoctor]

I have is a 120 Volt outlet and an 8 wire millivolt (thermostat control wires) in the same location. The Millivolt wires go to a 2 gang switch box. two of the milivolt wires will be used to control the fireplace. However I would like to use the other wires to create a switched electrical outlet. I was under the impression I can do this with some type of low voltage relay and tie 3 milllivolt wires together to support the low voltage current. I was hoping to find a relay solution that would allow me to use a standard light switch.

Yes, the millivolt statement had me a bit confused too. I just thought the OP was confused and did not know what he had. He must/should have a usable power source for the controls? How else would they work. I know of nothing that can be operated by a millivolt output except thermocouples and load cells, and they are only sending a millivolt signal, not powering anything.