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UPDATE!!!
The electric side of the furnace has a bad resettable thermocouple. It's not letting continuity flow thru, so the heating element is seeing white lead "juice" but the black wire is dead.

Now, the furnace.
At the furnace, I can bypass the thermostat and furnace lights right up.
Go to the thermostat and do a direct connection of the wires and no furnace.
Traced the wires and from the furnace, the T-stat wire goes thru the loom and goes up into the wall in the bedroom, of all places.
Now, before the wire goes up into the walls, I can jump those across and make the furnace run.
The wire in the basemen is probably 12-14 awg, but the wire at the furnace is regular furnace/thermstat wire.

I'm saying it would just be easier to take the wall panel off, run the wire directly to the T-stat and close it all u than try to chase that wire thru the walls to find the bad connection of stranded and solid wire.

Thoughts? Am I missing anything in that thermostat wiring other than the transition?
 
Yes, The furnace is turned on by the control box in the AC unit. It depends on which one you have. But the control box does all the switching while the thermostat tells it what to switch.
You may need another control box or at least pull down the filter and open the box up or take some pics and we can help you.
 
Yes, The furnace is turned on by the control box in the AC unit. It depends on which one you have. But the control box does all the switching while the thermostat tells it what to switch.
You may need another control box or at least pull down the filter and open the box up or take some pics and we can help you.
My set up is a little different than that. There is a thermostat for the heater, but the living area AC has a remote control. The bedroom AC has its own separate thermostat.
 
Update!!! Again.
I found with the furnace, it is in the wiring. I bypassed the thermostat on the furnace and it fired right up.
Went to the thermostat inside and bypassed it and no start.
I then traced the wiring from the furnace, thru the basement and found where it goes up into the wall. Bypassed it there before the wiring disappears, and the furnace fired right up again.

So, I cut the wires there, before they go up into the walls. I then peeled the paneling back where the thermostat is and drilled a hole into the basement. I then routed the wire up into the wall and hoooked it to the thermostat.

Furnace is working perfect now.

Now onto the next project. ;)
 

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