Hot Air Furnace Thermostat Location

The room thermostat should be located where it will be in a natural circulating way air in the room. Avoid places with thermostat-exposed to cold air infiltration, draughts from Windows, doors or other openings leading outside, or streams of air from warm or cold air registers, or the exposition where the natural circulation of air cut off, for example, behind doors, and above or below the forms, or shelves. Also, keep the thermostat from direct sunlight.

The thermostat should not be exposed to heat from the nearest fireplaces, radios, televisions, lamps, or rays from the sun. Not worth the thermostat be mounted on a wall containing pipes, heat ducts or chimneys and ventilation, which may negatively impact on its activity and to prevent its proper temperature control in the room. Any hole in the plaster or panel through which cables run from the unit should be properly sealed suitable material to prevent projects affecting the thermostat.