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How does a Google Nest power connector work?

I am looking at the installation instructions and they all show that the power connector goes back to the furnace/AC control panelIf this is installed just to make sure the thermostat gets enough ...
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Nest Doorbell 2nd generation Interior chime buzzing not ringing

Today I got a nest doorbell 2nd generation and installed it. Doorbell chime is working fine but interior chime ringing is not working it’s buzzing when you press the door bell. Here is the screenshot ...
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Adding smart thermostat (nest) to burnham series 2 boiler

I’m trying to add a nest thermostat to my burnham series 2 boiler with two zones. My original thermostat has a red and white wire going to W and R with a jumper from R to RC. See first photo. Where ...
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Wiring Question When attempting to Replace Honeywell with a Nest Thermostat

I am trying to determine which Nest will work to replace honeywell device. I am a bit confused with the current wires. At the moment I have; G=Green Wire, R=Red Wire, O= Blue Wire, Y=Yellow Wire. It ...
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Nest thermostat and no C wire at my boiler

so I bought a nest thermostat and it keeps running through the AAA batteries, recommending that I use a C wire, though there's just 2 coming out of the wall (red and white). I got C wire/power adapter ...
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Trane XR95 No power (2 volts) to Thermostat

Trane XR95 ~2.2V at Thermostat Woke up this morning to a cold house and a thermostat message saying “no power to the Red wire.” Measured R and C using a multimeter and it reads ~2.2 Volts. Took the ...
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Oil Hydro Air & Heat Pump Efficiency

We recently moved into a 5 bedroom home in central Massachusetts with the following system that was installed in 2006: 3 zone hydro-air heat with Veissman Vitorond 100 boiler and Riello 40-F5 burner. ...
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Installing Nest Thermostat 3rd Gen with Power Adapter to Honeywell HZ311 Zone Controller

I’m attempting to hook up my Nest 3rd Gen thermostat to my zone controller and everything appeared to be working correctly. However, after turning the system back on and cycling through heat and cold, ...
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Heating and Cooling controlled via one thermostat

I currently have two thermostats. 1 for heating and 1 for cooling. The heating one stopped working recently and now that winter is coming, I am interested to combine them into one. Here is what I have ...
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Existing doorbell has only A1 and A2 wires -- want to replace with different smart doorbell

I'm replacing the doorbell in the house I just moved into. Currently, there is some Aiphone setup (never heard of this). What I do know is that the current doorbell camera has two wires (A1 and A2) ...
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Nest thermostat tripping breaker

I have had the nest for about 3 years, it's been working fine. Over the past month the breaker that feeds the nest and the furnace has been tripping although the heat hasn't been used for about 4 ...
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Can’t find C Terminal Burnham Series ES2

Try to install Nest thermostat 3rd gen. I have 3 wires coming from the furnace: R, W, and G. I connected them to Nest pretty simple there, but low battery, Wi-Fi not working on a daily basis. There is ...
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Mechanical doorbells (connected to NEST doorbell) won't stop moving

I have two Nest doorbells that I view through Google Home. Both are connected to mechanical doorbell ringers and both of those ringers are constantly in motion. See the pictures attached. The small ...
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Re-wire Aprilaire to non-communication/legacy for Nest

I currently have an Aprilaire unit 8840. I know the system is proprietary, but I also believe I can rewire the control box and re-wire it as non-communicating thermostat and use a Nest instead. I've ...
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Thermostat connection and NEST compatibility question

We have this thermostat. It's no longer allowing the temperature to be adjusted. It will control the furnace on/off, it just won't allow the temperature to be adjusted. Date & time are still able ...
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How do I go about wiring 3 Nests to a boiler with no C wire

I’ve seen a version of this question in a few places but nothing really fits. I have a boiler and hot water baseboards. It’s a three zone system and I installed 3 Nests but there is not C wire and no ...
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What is correct Nest setting when adding my own C-wire? (i.e. without using Nest Power Adapter)

I am adding a Nest (not Nest Thermostat E or Nest Learning Thermostat) to a 2-wire boiler system. Fortunately, the existing thermostat wire has free conductors. So I connected a 3rd wire from the C ...
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Furnace not working after installing nest thermostat [closed]

I installed nest thermostat without turning off power to furnace. Blower kicks on but not furnace. Is there anything I can do?
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How do I add a Google Nest Thermostat upstairs when I already have one downstairs?

I currently have a Google Nest Thermostat downstairs, and it works fine. I want to add a second thermostat upstairs and then have it 'learn' that I sleep upstairs so it should adjust the temperature ...
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How to add Thermostat C Wire to Furnace TH/TR and Transformer

I am trying to figure out the proper wiring for a C wire for my thermostat. My 24v transformer and the current thermostat wiring at the furnace are shown in the pictures below. Can I wire a thermostat ...
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Thermostat two-wire: heat-only with R+Rh and O/B

Updated Dec 1, 2022 (Previously I wrongly believed that the boiler is connected to a heat pump, whereas it is actually connected to a temperature sensor installed under the heat pump) I want to ...
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Help Replacing White Rodgers 1F866-344 Thermostat with Nest

I have a dual zoned Heat Pump system in my house. Each zone is controlled by a White Rodgers 1F866-344 Thermostat. I took a picture of the connections (there are 8 wires in use) and would like to ...
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Help identify common wire on furnace

I need to install a nest power connector for my furnace (only equipment present) and am trying to identify the c or common wire. Pic of board and transformer (?) below. Thank you Edit: better pics ...
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Google Nest Causes Furnace to Need Reset

After installing a Google Nest, my furnace heats until it reaches the correct temperature, but if it sits, the controller light turns off and I need to turn the breaker off and then back on in order ...
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How is this working? There is no W,Y,G wires?

Single stage gas furnace and ac w Honeywell thermostat w no W,Y, nor G. How would this work? I’m trying to convert to nest.
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Replacing doorbell transformer attached to electrical panel

I've been pulling my hair out trying to find my current doorbell transformer in order to upgrade it for a nest doorbell. I believe to have found it attached to my electrical panel after taking the ...
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HVAC wont turn on heat

I recently installed NEST thermostat and the cooling aspect was Ok, however now when i turn on the heat, the thermostat says its heating however there is still cold air coming thru the vents. After ...
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I have an old boiler with no "C" terminal for wifi thermostat

I have a nest thermostat that need a C cable. I have a Vaillant boiler serial number GA92-120 SP that doesn't have a C connector. The boiler has only two wires connected from the thermostat to the ...
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Connecting “C” (common) wire for Nest thermostats

I am planning to get two Nest Thermostats for my 2 zone HVAC system. It looks like blue C wire is already there for both thermostats, but not connected (existing thermostats run on batteries). I ...
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Install C wire on dual zone hvac board for Nest - no c wire terminal

I am trying to setup a Nest Thermostat and I am getting a few errors when trying to set it up. I am getting errors that no wires are detected on the Nest even though the old thermostat is detecting ...
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I'm installing a nest thermostat. The wires at the base are R G Y W

On my 24v transformer there is a C POST. I have wired the nest thermostat with the 4 wires R Y W G. Nest says the termostat needs a c wire,Can I just run a wire from the C post on the transformer to ...
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Could my Nest thermostat be reducing my AC cooling?

I have a Nest thermostat wired up to a furnace and AC that was installed 5 years ago (a Byrant 987m furnace, Byrant 126b AC). Both the AC and furnace work, but when the AC is running, air barely blows ...
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Replace Honeywell TH9320WF5003 with nest 3rd gen

Need help with identifying wires on Honeywell TH9320WF5003, using Nest compatibility checker to replace with Nest gen 3
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Nest Installation Wiring [duplicate]

Hello trying to wire a Google Nest Learning Thermostat and my old one used only VG and V+ and now I need to know what I should hook it to.Also I have 3 others wires that weren't hooked to anything in ...
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No C wire for Nest thermostat but unused C terminal on furnace

I know this question is similar to others I’m just hoping for a short answer. It’s a small house and the thermostat and furnace might be twenty feet apart. The control board on the furnace has an ...
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Nest C-wire issues with old boiler, xfmr, and 8124 aquastat

I have my C & Rc connected to my old 28vac xfmr and my W & Rh directly to T & T on aquastat. I added the Rc so the Nest would stay active in Summer when boiler is turned off. This setup ...
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Can I use this unused blue wire as my C wire for my new Nest thermostat?

I am a bit confused with my furnace wires. I did some research and watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to install the Nest thermostat. I currently have a normal digital Honeywell thermostat. I ...
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Nest thermostat E keeps running

I have a nest thermostat E for a year or so, but recently it feels like it keeps running for a a prolonged time when the vent is not venting hot air anymore, worth to mention is that, it DOES bring ...
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Installing Nest Smoke Alarm against capped wires

We moved in to a new home and the prior homeowner capped the old smoke alarm wires and replaced the old wired alarm with a battery unit that wasn’t wired up at all. The nest smoke alarm has a 120V ...
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How do I replace my old Honeywell thermostat with a Nest?

Just moved to a 1985 built house in Ontario, Canada that has a Honeywell thermostat that I'm trying to replace with a Nest. I am unable to understand the labeling of the current thermostat as the ...
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Adding New External 24v Transformer to Nest with separate Rh and Rc wires

I have separate heat and cooling systems with wiring to Y, W, G, Rh and Rc (see below). For the external transformer, where do I attach the two wires. C and ?
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How to wire a 2 stage heat pump with gas furnace

I bought a new house last year and this is the first winter I've been in it. It have a gas furnace that we've been using as the only heat source. The other day, I went to clean the condensor coils and ...
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Would it be dangerous to tap an existing flame sensor circuit to create a common connection for my thermostat?

I'm considering using this answer to connect a common wire to my thermostat. I have the exact same setup, and have verified with my multimiter that the red T terminal outside F terminal beeps, while ...
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Thermostat replacement, no c wire

I have an almost 20 year old Taco thermostat that I am trying to replace with a Nest thermostat for a forced hot water heating system. The Nest requires a W, R, and common wire, current only uses W ...
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Anyone connect the MasterStat Model 110423-2 three lines to Google Nest thermostat?

I have read the poster here: Controlling 110v swamp cooler using Nest thermostat about how to control the swamp cooler using the nest. However, I don't have reputation to post comments to that post ...
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Nest thermostat issue - only blows hot air if heat is on and fan is forced on. No air circulation with heat only

A few months ago I installed a nest thermostat and everything worked fine. I ended up giving that one away and installed another one A few days ago. It worked for one day and then it stopped heating. ...
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C wire contact missing at boiler

I have a heat only system. My previous thermostat only use the red and white wire. The blue C wire was coiled up and unused. I purchased a new nest thermostat. Everything is wired fine at the ...
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I have a Nest 3rd generation thermostat and it wont turn on the furnace

I have a Nest 3rd generation thermostat and it wont automatically turn on my furnace i have to the nest to off then turn back to On to get the furnace to start. It was running fine for about 2 months ...
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Nest thermostat. No fan with heating

Here is how my Nest behaves with 3 different scenarios. My question is how can I get my fan to turn on automatically with my heat. Is it possible i have it wired incorrectly? Attached is my wiring ...
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Where should I connect the E wire on my Nest Thermostat?

I am trying to install a Nest thermostat and I have (R, O/B, Y, G, E, W2, C) wires in my old thermostat, but the Nest only has (Y, C, W, G, R, *OB). So where do I connect the E wire if there isn’t a ...
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