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Doorbell transformer is this it?
As indicated by Ecnerwal the picture you show is an old style telephone line hookup. When you go looking around for your doorbell transformer it may look like one of these:
Mounted on cover of an ...
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Doorbell transformer is this it?
Nope. That's a phone line terminal block. Old school. May have rudimentary surge supression built in. The heavy black wire is drop cable (from the pole to your house)
It's not your doorbell ...
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Why do I have to tell my Nest thermostat to either cool or heat my house?
You don't. There is a feature called Heat*Cool:
https://nest.com/support/article/What-is-Heat-Cool-mode
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Nest thermostat heating way beyond set temperature
Did you put fresh batteries in the Nest? No. Because the Nest doesn't take batteries :)
So that raises a question. How does Nest power itself? It has a lithium battery (like a phone) but that has to ...
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Improve HVAC in single upstairs room with vaulted ceiling
I would adjust the dampers so the ones in the smaller rooms are not fully open this will put more flow to the larger room. Things to think about that can reduce flow to a room is the bottom of the ...
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Can I use this unused blue wire as my C wire for my new Nest thermostat?
Yes. What's happening there is that R and C are coming from a 24-volt transformer. (you can think of C as "common" in electronics or "chassis" in car wiring, if you want.)
R is 24 ...
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Could my Nest thermostat be reducing my AC cooling?
With most standard residential HVAC, the fan speeds are set by connecting fan leads to terminals on the control board. You connect one lead from the fan to the COOL terminal (usually highest speed) ...
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Nest Thermostat Wiring for Baseboard Heaters
Since you have a R841C (with an integral transformer)
You have your terminals on the relay confused. Connect RH to the HOT terminal from the relay and W1 to to the NEUTRAL terminal from the relay. C ...
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Old house--no neutral wire for Nest Protect?
Which Nest Protect should I get?
Just check the smoke alarm you have now. If it connects to [line voltage] wires, you’ll want Nest Protect (Wired 120V). If it doesn’t, you should get Nest Protect (...
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How to add C-wire from Laars mini-term
With only two wires between the thermostat and the boiler, you're not going to be able to power the thermostat, and call for heat. You'll need at least three wires for that.
The C terminal on the ...
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Nest E thermostat on ancient 2-wire Bryant boiler system with 2 zonesq
I just realized I never followed up on this. I was chasing a red herring, as the Next E turned out to be defective, and wouldn't charge under any circumstances. Nest replaced it for me and the new one ...
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Nest, Blue Wire, W1 and W2
The wire currently hooked to Y and C will be going off to your air conditioner condenser unit. Y is cooling.
C is common, and yes, you can connect another wire to that terminal.
You appear to have a ...
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Nest thermostat E74 error - no power to Rh Wire
Bit of Nest history
Nest often has a sub base issue. Usually the issue is contained to the cooling side. Rh is power input for the heating side. So that wouldn't be my first guess.
Test
Remove Rh ...
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Would it be dangerous to tap an existing flame sensor circuit to create a common connection for my thermostat?
Yes, it would be dangerous.
The power supply embedded inside your Honeywell controller is not designed or documented to provide power to arbitrary external devices, and the exposed terminals are meant ...
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How do I replace my old Honeywell thermostat with a Nest?
I have never done this before but with my life knowledge I'm assuming the following:
The colors of the cables follow a standard for which signal they carry. The torn diagram just shows what color ...
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Installing Nest Smoke Alarm against capped wires
You can't use those wires. They're likely left over from a 12V DC alarm system. The Nest smoke detectors require 120V AC which those wires are not capable of supplying. You'll need to figure out a ...
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Can I use this unused blue wire as my C wire for my new Nest thermostat?
Connect the blue wire to C
Simply connect the blue wire to the C terminal at the furnace end, in addition to the wire which is already there (which goes off to your air conditioner's outdoor unit/...
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Connecting “C” (common) wire for Nest thermostats
Your thermostat C terminal is right there in front of you, between G and the motor terminals
Your zone board indeed provides C terminals on the zone terminal blocks. They're between the G terminal ...
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HVAC wiring for wifi thermostat installation (Ecobee) gas furnace + AC
I ended up finding the problem - the black (Rc) and red (R) wires going to my thermostat were joined together in a junction box between the furnace and the thermostat (why I don't know).
I've now ...
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Is it possible to wire an electric radiant floor as a heat pump in my Nest thermostat?
Just remembered that I never circled back here.
I was able to get this behavior by wiring the floor as "Stage 1" heating and the main furnace as "Stage 2". To do this, the white wire from the floor ...
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Why won't my Central Heating Boiler turn off with Nest thermostat installed?
I fixed it myself. In the manual (page 18) there is the following image.
As shown on the photo in the question:
From left to right:
The red "bridge cable" is meant to close the circuit in order for ...
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Smart thermostat for single-zone HVAC
Zone system
A true zone system allows different areas of the house to be isolated, by closing off certain areas using dampers, or just having completely isolated air handlers.
This allows fairly ...
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Electricity tripping off after installing Nest
The guidance we are/have been providing in the comments.
The direct answer, is that you have a current carrying wire directly tied the return. (E.g., Neutral & Live In wired together). While this ...
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Electricity tripping off after installing Nest
The object in the photos is a 230V "immersion-heater timer". Most traditional UK heating systems have a "programmer" instead but I guess you could have an installation that just uses the timer. I'm ...
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Where is "C" wire on Honeywell 8043F1036
According to the wiring diagram I found, typical wiring is as follows.
1 END SWITCH (To circulator or another valve)
2 END SWITCH (To circulator or another valve)
3 TH/TR (Thermostat and Transformer)
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Do I have one or two 24V transformers in HVAC control circuit
If you have forced air A/C and radiant heat, you almost certainly have two separate transformers. So you'll have to use a thermostat that can work with separate transformers.
If the thermostat you ...
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Gen 3 Nest not charging suddenly
Nest customer service is probably your best bet, but I'm going to give you a guess.
In a two wire install the Nest charges itself when the boiler is off, using the difference in voltage between the ...
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