Patent ID: 6293697
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: F24F,H01H,Y10S

Abstract:
An HVAC control unit comprising:a housing formed of an electrically insulative molded material comprising:a wall plate attachable to a standard electrical box, the wall plate having an opening for wires to extend through the wall plate into the standard electrical box;a cover plate attachable relative to the wall plate, the cover plate and wall plate sized for mating together to form a sensor compartment no greater than eight inches wide and ten inches high; anda separation wall attached to one of the cover plate and the wall plate, the separation wall extending vertically to divide the sensor compartment into a temperature sensitive chamber and an electrical component chamber, the separation wall substantially closing the temperature sensitive chamber to air flow with the electrical component chamber; andelectrical contacts extending through the separation wall;wherein ventilation openings are defined in one of the wall plate and the cover plate to permit outside room air ventilation into and out of the temperature sensitive chamber, the ventilation openings including lower openings and upper openings for unforced convection air currents to rise upward through the temperature sensitive chamber.