sounds like you are on the right track. Could be that because you had them wired wrong you could have damaged the relay or the controller board, Or it was defective from the get go. Either way, good luck going forward.Originally Posted by ItsAllNew2Me!
Hi thanks for the replies. I finally figured it out. We had a couple of things wrong. First was that when plugging the tape in directly to an extension cord we found that the tape would heat and then after a few minutes it would pop the circuit breaker! We found that during our initial wiring job (late night and maybe a couple of beers
) we wired the switches in parallel with all of the other wiring. Basically turning them into butt splices! This increased the amperage across the load and pop goes the breaker. We rewired the switches (to the original designed configuration before beers) so that now they are an interrupt on the neutral side therefore breaking the circuit. So switches are good! (pictures later). Finally i took bproffer's advice and grabbed my dad's multimeter. We found that the power going to the thermostat was 120volts ac and coming out to the load...absolutely ZERO!!
I tried all the settings and could get nothing to come out of the load end either for heating or cooling. Ordering a new stat...well...stat lol(corny i know). I will update when i get it in. In the meantime I will be putting the edge banding(veneer) on to cover the exposed edges and tuck the wires. Thanks all for support and viewing my project!
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