I want to install an ecobee4. I want to install it with the C wire so I do not need to use their kit. It seems to me that I should be able to just move the wires around on my hvac.
Here is a diagram of my thermostat and HVAC.
On the thermostat, the blue wire is just hanging out there.
Here is a page from the ecobee4 manual:
I want to make the left picture, Guide 1, work. Can I just move the wires around on my HVAC accordingly? Basically take the Blue off of the G post and put it on C.
Also, there is skinny red and white wire on the HVAC, I do not know where they go. Can I just leave them on the posts as-is or are they thermostat specific?
Here is one more pic just bc
More pictures.
Best Answer
Go ahead
You can take the blue wire from G and move it over to C on the furnace -- there is room for two wires on the typical furnace-board terminal. The skinny red and white cable carries the Y and C wires to the compressor contactor on your AC's outdoor unit, by the way, and simply stays put when you do this.