**HELP: Johnson A419 Thermostat!!!**

[janett]

Ok so, the problem is that I just purchased a Johnson a419 thermostat. MY HUSBAND thought that he KNEW HOW () to do the wiring as it is NOT pre-wired.

We are completely stumped on how to do it and even have a friend of his looking at it and we have no clue what to do.

Here are the pictures:







Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mr.spooky]

ok.,, what do you want to know?

[mr.spooky]

spooky

[mr.spooky]

tie your 2 greens together

tie the 2 whites together with a lead coming out of that. thats where you see the the white wire going on the board.

ok,,, the black wire(from the power strip that your gonna plug your flexwatt too) needs to go to the far right (on the right side block) in the pic, this is the darler black.

your other black wire (that is coming from the power) will go to the far right position ON THE LEFT BLOCK. a jumper will go with this black wire,,, and then go to the MIDDLE post on the right block...


BEWARE: im not responsible for frying your stat... iv tried to explain the best i know how...

there are "pins that you will need to set acording to your preference of settings. if you need, ill try to find my directions where i took notes as to how mine are set.
spooky

[mr.spooky]

LOL,,, i got a bad feeling about this,,,, im starting to think that you dident wait long enough for a reply...
spooky

[dr del]

Hi,

For future refference Reptile basics has the instruction manuals available to download from its site;

http://www.reptilebasics.com/instruction-manuals

The wiring instructions are on page 2 and 3 of the manual.


dr del

[janett]

LOL, thanks and sorry for the delay. With Thanksgiving on the way I have been so busy the last few days.

I DO HAVE THE thermostat connected. HOWEVER, it is reading 172 degrees on the display. The HOTSIDE is at 110 on one rack and the other rack it is reading 92-94. I am confused as I SET the thermostat at 93.....

I have 2 racks and the probe is on taped to the flexwatt on one of the shelves. All the flexwatt (4 shelves) are connected to the 6 way.

Just can't get the temps done right.....

Any ideas?

[dr del]

Hi,

Are all pieces of flexwatt the same wattage?

Is the thermostat wired the same way as the instruction manual?

Is it set to cooling or anything like that?


dr del

[janett]

Hi,

Are all pieces of flexwatt the same wattage?

Is the thermostat wired the same way as the instruction manual?

Is it set to cooling or anything like that?


dr del

Yes the thermostat is wired as pictured. The flexwatt that is showing a reading of 92-94 hot spot is 6 watts per foot 110V the one that is reading at 110 hot spot is 10 watts per foot. Would I have to use a different thermostat? Is that why my thermostat is showing a 172 degree on the display?

Also, I used different connectors to connect the wire to the flexwatt. The connectors on the 10 watt is http://beanfarm.com/images/products/...psetweb_lg.jpg

The one that I used for the 6 watt is http://cn1.kaboodle.com/img/b/0/0/15...=1305966297000

Thanks. =)

[PitOnTheProwl]

All the flex a watt has to be identical PER thermostat.