I replaced mine with a Sensi. 4 months with Nest, and it decided to confuse hot vs cold signals. Middle of August, it tried to “cool” my house at 3am, instead turning on the furnace, and just kept on going due to the temperature rising. For a week straight, I awoke to 90 degree temps in my house at 3:30 to 4am, and a nice heating bill. I had an hvac friend come over ad tell me in fact, yep, it’s sending signal to furnace, not ac. He checked the wiring, all good. He admitted he knew little of Nests, but said only an idiot would design a thermostat that could allow for a hot/cold signal switch without rewiring.
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chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 1 day agoI bought one a bunch of years ago. Maybe 10 years. It worked fine. Did it’s thing. Then for no reason google chooses to kill it. Fool me once.
unphazed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Heat/cool wiring is rarely correct, many thermostats will have a software option to reverse the wiring.
Sucks that yours got reset for no good reason but it’s probably for the best
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have the same brand and didn’t program it correctly, though my wiring was on point. HVAC guy puzzled over it a few then called me over to show me what the cryptic options meant. Been solid for a few years now.
I’d like to see those options in the app, but if those were included people would fuck them up and blame the company. 🤷🏻
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s kind of their thing.
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
killedbygoogle.com
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wondered how long it would take for that url to pop up. I will never ever rely on any Google product. Except maybe Gmail but I have an alternative plan should that go belly up.
Archer@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
What this list tells me is wait five years before trying any new Google product to see if they’re serious
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
there is now, they probably want one with AI/spying controls.