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and today we're taking a look at how to
install a thermostat so you notice your
thermostat has been around the block for
a few years
and it's time to give it a much needed
upgrade in this case we're gonna use the
Honeywell thermostat but the steps that
we're gonna take today will work for any
brand and this is what we get in the box
we have the manual the screws and
anchors and the thermostat we're gonna
need a set a screwdriver or a drill I'm
gonna leave a link for that a thermostat
and other Wi-Fi thermostat in the
description if you're interested now
let's go ahead and start the
installation remember that safety is the
number one thing so the first thing we
want to do is turn off the breaker that
gives electricity to the thermostat now
we could go ahead and start removing the
old thermostat and now finally after 20
years he can get his well-deserved
retirement at the recycling center now
that we have removed the first cap we're
gonna locate the screws to remove the
second cap we proceed on removing the
screws in this case there are three and
now that we removed that other layer now
we have access to the wiring and here on
the system we only have four wires that
are used we have the our wire the W wire
the G wire and the y wire
let's go ahead and take a picture of the
wires in case we need to look back to
verify where each wire goes now let's go
ahead and label each wire with a
corresponding letter you can use paper
or tape or if your system came with
stickers with labels you can use those
as well
now we can proceed to remove the screws
that hold the wires in now we're ready
to remove the final casing in this case
we only have to remove the two final
screws if in your case you have paint
around the casing it'd be best to take
the blade and cut all around to make
sure that the paint doesn't come out
with your thermostat and then have a
bigger paint job than the one you might
require let's go ahead and group the
wires together so we could take out the
last layer and if you notice that your
wires don't hold up by themselves you'll
always wrap a pencil with a rubber band
so they won't go in back in the hole in
our taste
they're very stiff so we won't need to
do that now let's go ahead and bring the
wiring housing for the new thermostat
and if you have a level you can use the
level to level your new thermostat you
can eyeball it or you can set it however
you want at the end of the day you're
the king of your castle now that we have
our housing level we can go ahead and
place the two screws that hold it in
place if your wires are not straight
this would be the perfect time to
straighten them
now let's go ahead and place each wire
according to the letter of its location
and we do that by loosening the screw on
the bottom lefty-loosey righty-tighty so
we could go ahead and insert the wire
inside once inside we can go ahead and
tighten it and check that it is snug now
we could go ahead and turn on the
breaker so we could turn this bad boy on
place your batteries in the thermostat
and set your system either to gas or oil
or to electric or heat pump and connect
the thermostat to the wire housing now
you could pad yourself in the back for a
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