My battery light still flashes on my ritetemp 6020 thermostat,.... even with fresh batteries, keeping my furnace from turning on. any tricks, or is this thing toast?

possible stat failure

try page 25


https://customer.honeywell.com/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/69-0000s/69-0313.pdf

To replace the batteries in the Ritetemp 8082C thermostat, first switch the Mode switch to Off and the Fan switch to Auto (if they aren't currently in that state). Press up on the catch on the bottom of the thermostat and swing the body of the thermostat away from the back plate on the wall. The lift up to remove the body of the thermostat from the base. Turn the body of the thermostat over to see the battery compartment at the top of the back of the thermostat.

This is shown in the installation manual in different sections. Removing the body is shown on page 3 (page 4 of the PDF). Changing the batteries is shown on page 6 (page 7 of the PDF). Ritetemp has the manual here: http://www.ritetemp-thermostats.com/80XX/images/8082C_installation_guide.pdf .

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Thermostats aren't expensive. You can get them an any home improvement store or even on line.

Please don't bad vote me for this. I think you have a Right temp. 6020. I am not familiar with it but here is a web site with a stat that may help. Good Luck here. Roger http://www.ritetemp-thermostats.com/60XX/6020.html

If you have a spare wire (unused) in the thermostat wire sheath you can eliminate the batteries as the power source.
Turn off the power to the furnace.
Open the thermostat and look for terminal "C". If it is not being used,then
look inside the furnace for the thermostat wire terminals. Black or blue are probably not being used. Take one of these wires and strip insulation back 1/2 inch. Connect this wire to the COMMON (C)(-)wires from the low voltage transformer.
Open the thermostat and connect the same wire to the "C" terminal on the thermostat.

jump out thermostat or try jumping out the pressure switch

If the thermostat is a digital /programmable you may want to recheck program to see if it has changed or been changed. If thermostat is not digital then it is prbably warn out and need replaced.

I would say that the thermostat needs replaced! (this is the most common problem with the honeywell brand!
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Remove all power from the furnace, it is likely the brain in the furnace is need of being reset, from the battery replacement, why did you change the battery, was there an indicator telling you to change it?

Many times just removing all the power to the furnace will do the trick with a reset, if not let me know and we will go from there, but it sounds like the main brain is confused or bad, more likely confused, so try the power removed first.

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