Honeywell RTH6500 User Manual page 6

Installing your thermostat
2 Remove old thermostat faceplate
and leave wires connected.
2a Take a picture of the wire
connections for later reference.
2b If no wire is connected to a
terminal labeled C or no C
terminal exists on the old
thermostat, view the Alternate
Wiring videos at
wifithermostat.com/videos
Important! C wire is required and
is the primary power source for
your thermostat. Without a C wire,
your thermostat will not power up.
3 Label wires.
Do not label by wire color.
the supplied sticky tags to label
each wire as you disconnect it.
Label wires according to the old
thermostat terminal designations,
not by wire color.
Note:
If no tag matches a wire
terminal label, write the terminal
label on a blank tag.
4 Remove wallplate.
Remove the old wallplate from
the wall after all wires have been
labeled and disconnected.
5 Separate Wi-Fi thermostat and its
wallplate.
On your new thermostat, grasp the
finger holds on the top and bottom of
the wallplate with one hand and the
thermostat (front) with the other hand.
Pull pieces apart.
69-2715EF—07
If you have an older thermostat with a
sealed mercury tube, turn to page ii
for proper disposal instructions.
Terminal
designation
Use
4
C
C
Thermostat
PULL HERE
TO REMOVE
PULL HERE
TO REMOVE
Wallplate (back view)
MCR33823
Sticky tags
Blank sticky
tags
Terminal
designation
MCR31537
Finger holds
M33856