{"id":2133,"date":"2017-10-20T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:46:43","slug":"product-note-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/news-usa-canada\/product-note-for-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Note for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>OJ Electronics is amending a misleading statement in our floor heating thermostat Quick Guides.<\/strong>\r\nThe statement in picture 4 of the Quick Guide states \"The floor sensor must not come in contact with electrical wires in the wall and must be routed outside the electrical box\". Taken literally, inspectors have read this to mean that floor sensor wires cannot enter the electrical box.<p>OJ Electronics is correcting the statement, as OJ&#8217;s floor sensors can indeed be installed through the junction box. We have now rephrased the text to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Floor sensor must be routed to junction\/electrical box in separate conduit from all other electrical wire. Ensure insulation on electrical wiring and floor sensor inside junction box is not damaged.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any questions regarding this statement should be sent to our sales support team at <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#111;:s&#x75;&#x70;&#x70;&#x6f;&#114;&#116;&#64;o&#x6a;&#x2e;&#x64;&#x6b;\">&#115;u&#x70;p&#x6f;r&#x74;&#64;&#x6f;&#106;&#x2e;&#100;&#x6b;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please see new and old text:<\/p>\n<p><strong>New text<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2136\" src=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"835\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1.jpg 835w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1-768x985.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Old text<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2137\" src=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-old-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"835\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-old-1.jpg 835w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-old-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-old-1-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-old-1-768x985.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OJ Electronics is amending a misleading statement in our floor heating thermostat Quick Guides. The statement in picture 4 of the Quick Guide states &#8220;The floor sensor must not come in contact with electrical wires in the wall and must be routed outside the electrical box&#8221;. Taken literally, inspectors have read this to mean that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-usa-canada"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product Note for North America | OJ Electronics - Thermostats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OJ Electronics clarifies that its floor sensors can be routed through the junction box, provided the wiring insulation is not damaged.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/news-usa-canada\/product-note-for-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Product Note for North America | OJ Electronics - Thermostats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OJ Electronics clarifies that its floor sensors can be routed through the junction box, provided the wiring insulation is not damaged.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/news-usa-canada\/product-note-for-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OJ Electronics - Thermostats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ojelectronicsas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-20T12:38:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-05T13:46:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/thermostats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/uwg4-awg4-new-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@electronics_oj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@electronics_oj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/news-usa-canada\\\/product-note-for-north-america\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/news-usa-canada\\\/product-note-for-north-america\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Product Note for North America\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-20T12:38:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-05T13:46:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/news-usa-canada\\\/product-note-for-north-america\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":89,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/news-usa-canada\\\/product-note-for-north-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ojelectronics.com\\\/thermostats\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/22\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/uwg4-awg4-new-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News &amp; 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