/r/Nest
Discussion on Google Nest products, including installation and configuration.
/r/Nest
Hi So I have Google doorbell v2 wired and it was working great till I had to move and reset it After installing it again in my new place I can see the live view and it's chime But that's it! I don't get any push notifications nor events are been catched my time line is empty even if I stand in front of it
Does anyone know how to get it working again Cuz now it's just a dumb expensive doorbell
Thanks!
I wanted to see if anyone else has this small and seemingly minor problem . I have two nest cam indoor/outdoor battery cameras that are hardwired into power with nest aware plus.
Upon scrolling my 24/7 video recorded history feed, I noticed on both cameras in the late afternoon/evenings & daily, there is a ten second black mark which states “this video isn’t available yet, check back later” , meaning it doesn’t record for about ten seconds. The time changes daily and is different on both cameras, but it’s sometime in afternoon / evening.
Is this a common thing with anyone else or is it my router setup? I’ve tried resetting, changing night mode on/off, Quality etc. I have nest doorbell and nest cam IQ, that don’t have gaps in recording history.
I understand 10-15 seconds isn’t a big deal, but why?
I live in a 100+ year old home. I recently put in a new furnace and AC unit. The installer put in a Nest theostat but told me it may need to come out as the AC cannot be wired into without putting holes in the walls etc. Again the house is older and the original thermostat wore is grandfathered in with no conduit so to run another wire would be next to impossible. Can I still keep the Nest and just use a C wire substitute. They are telling me a need a "wireless connection" and Honeywell is the only option.
Hi, I have several Nest protects, and I love the low lumens as a night light. It's perfect. Most inexpensive motion detected lights out there are twice as bright. I wish I could just find more of these as a nightlight without the price point. Any recommendations?
Hello everyone!
My router died. I got a replacement and used the same SSID .
However I can't get my cameras back.
I used the same wifi name and password
I then removed the camera from my Google home. Now I can't get Setup to connect to the cameras. I've also done the factory reset.
Any thoughts?
I'm powering my Nest Battery Doorbell from a plug-in transformer. It has a 24V / 0.5W output.
I installed it early Summer but the battery charger has been dropping slowly. Today it was totally out and the doorbell is removed and being charged via USB-C.
Is this to be expected, or do I need something else? I'm struggling to find anything with a higher output than this (it seems I can go up to 40VA).
The auto-away feature doesn’t suit me because my wife doesn’t like returning home to a cooler house.
So I’ve disabled that feature and rely on manually enabling and disabling eco mode. However, my memory is awful and it’s easy to forget to turn the heat back on before we head home.
Is it possible, via Google Home or something, to enable eco mode and have it switch off after X hours?
I have a 4 wire setup rc/g/y1/w1
When I turn my nest to "fan only" mode the fan speed is slow. When the A/C kicks on, it goes to a much higher speed.
How can I make it so that when in fan only mode, its full speed?
So I'm in the market to upgrade our smoke detectors after enough PTSD with Kidde and false alarms. I'm seeing that home depot is having a fire sale on them and they are starting to be out of stock at places. Does this mean that they are about to replace them with something new? Or more likely, Google is getting out of the smoke detector business. If so, what alternatives do I have with something that will give an early warning before sounding an alarm, is smart, etc etc. I hate to look at first alert or x-sense, but it seems thats the only alternative?
EDIT: I'm not concerned about the price or the expiration more than I am about Google just abandoning support for them. It's not great to have an alarm that works for 10 years but has some bug that isn't going to get fixed.
I have currently installed a Nest E to the above boiler which is a gas combi. Although I've installed a Nest E before I've only ever replaced an existing thermostat before and not set one up from new.
I'm fairly confident that I've done this correctly but would just like to make sure so if anyone could check that would be appreciated.
I've basically got a 2 core wire installed between the Nest E and the boiler, the live wire runs from Common on the Heat Link to LS on the boiler and the neutral runs from NO on the Heat Link to LR on the boiler. I should note that I removed the link between LS and LR before the installation.
There is an NS port on the boiler but I've ignored this.
Like I said I'm fairly confident in what I've done but have come across another link on Reddit where someone has siphon issues and looks to have installed it as per guidance and my own set up.
Update: This has been a learning experience. The 3rd generation nest burned out the zone relay, Apparently a common issue. Replaced the relay and wired up a resistor to the thermostat connection and all is working well.
Renting a 2 story home with the thermostat in the living room. Rooms get smoldering hot while the system waits for the living room to reach temps, so I got a gen 3 and sensors to work around the issue. The house already had a 2020 Nest that was working, Originally, White wire on W1, Black on C and red on R (not RH on the 2020). The setup app told me to do Red on RH on the gen 3. So everything is like on the old nest, but I get error E74 and the thermostat loses power. When I installed it initially, it let me set a temp before erroring out, but the heating system never kicked on. I know the app said you need the hard copper wire, but the frayed type is what's installed (picture 2) and was working with the other nest that also requires it, so I proceeded with the install. What could be wrong?
Thank you for clicking on the post. I purchased 4th Gen G4CVZ Thermostat, shown to be compatible with my current wiring set up.
I have an extra RC wire coming out of the wall and there's no RC slot on the Thermostat.
Where does the RC wire go? I have tried searching online, on the subreddit with no hits. Can someone please help?
Summary
Wall wires - G Y W R RC
Thermostat slots - G Y W R OB*
Where to connect RC?
Thanks!
I’m not really asking a question so much as stating what my personal and anecdotal experience has been.
I’ve used a 2nd gen for about 7 years. Only for one zone heating on my first floor.
I also have a 3rd gen thermostat that controls my central AC.
I’ve noticed that my heating so far has been much better than when using my 2nd gen.
I also added the power connector for my 4th gen as I never had a c wire with my 2nd gen. Not sure if that has something to do with it as it seems like my boiler doesn’t kick on as much or make a weird sound when the heat comes on now.
I realize that the 4th gen has better algorithm than prior gen.
I don’t know. I’m just psyched that it seems like my house is heating better and maintaining proper temp than with my 2nd gen I was using.
Does the new 4th gen Nest finally allow starting heating for X minutes?
Or does Google still not think/understand/care people would want to start heating for 1 hour only and not based on temperature only?
So I just woke up and it was pretty hot and I checked the nest thermostat and it said it was set to 65 but the temp was about 51.
We are in the middle of a move so please consider that when reading.
My nest is currently offline due to low battery and the temperature sensor we would use in our bedroom at night is still at the old house and so of course is offline to our thermostat we moved to the new house.
The Google home app will tell me its last known temperature which was about that temperature on the thermostat when I went out this morning and it told me how the sensor was offline, duh it’s not here.
Why would it use an offline sensor that won’t update and just keep running the heat!? That’s horrible!
My thermostat has been having issues where the wifi since June. It would randomly disconnect, sometimes throwing a W5 error, usually not. It has now officially stopped connecting to the wifi, and after a call to tech support, they confirmed that the wifi in the unit was dead.
However, since the warranty expires 10 days ago, they will not replace it, despite my repeated calls about the issue. I was able to get the tech agent to agree they could replace it if I could send a picture of the error, but I can’t get it to display the error anymore. Is there anyway to force the error code?
Installing my Nest at my new apartment, the old thermostat has the two jumper wires, I know I won't need those however the two O wires are confusing me. How can I get both wires connected to the Nest?