12-21-2020, 10:33 AM
(12-19-2020, 05:40 PM)TadMcD Wrote: i took the cover off the wall switch today and found just a regular, standard 120 wall switch with just two tiny wires attached (nothing attached to the green screw...neutral or ground...i can't keep them straight; in other words, the switch is not wired into the house AC circuit).
the fireplace has a gas (propane) pilot light which powers a thermocoupler which generates a tiny current...that's what runs through the wall switch.
i think i can just get a regular, 120v, remote-operated wall switch and replace what's there.
thank you all for the leads, suggestions, and explanations.
Those two tiny wires are just the half volt millivolt thermostat connection. Someone used a cheap light switch instead of a thermostat. You can replace it with a millivolt thermost if you want the fireplace to work as a heat source responding to temperature. Or, you can install a wireless thermostat, must make sure it works with Millevolt.
There is no 120v there and you should not put it there. Do it right. Dont be cheap.
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