NEST thermostats

What do you do with the Nest in the summer and towel radiators?

Is it a case of shutting all the other radiator valves off in the house and setting a schedule?

Have a shower in the morning and the evening and nothing worse than a damp towel.
 
Bought one of these in preparation for my new Worcester Bosch boiler and cylinder.

Has anyone been able to quantify their savings using a Nest?
 
Is the nest v2 still worth getting i see these can be had for £100 second hand? i have a bosch 28i junior.
 
JAMAL said:
That's why I'm thinking a v2 my boiler heats water on demand :)
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As long as you dont need water control v2 is amazing. The house i bought had them in and they are great. As for savings, it is very handy that it knows if you are away and does not turn on the heating, plus when you are driving back, you can turn the heating on from the car so it's nice and toasty when you go back.

I would say go for it.
 
Hi. Can i ask for help, want to try self-install.
I have a british gas worchester combi boiler, with a BritishGas EMP2 timer and Drayton thermostat.

Is it easy to self-install or do I need a nest-pro?

thanks
 
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Psycho Sonny said:
judging by this

honeywell and heat genius have the best systems

https://www.heatgenius.co.uk/the-big-smart-thermostat-comparison-table-2016/

don't understand why NEST is getting all the love tbh
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Because "Heat Genius" looks like an old thermostat from the 90's:

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And the Nest looks like a product fitting for a modern house:

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If just having a single heating zone in the house will multiple nest thermostats connect to a single heat link (for example one in the hallway and one in another room so auto-away doesn't incorrectly engage), as far as I can tell you only need multiple heat links per zone (but couldn't find an answer on single zones)?

Did try Google and Nest's site but couldn't see an exact answer.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
so aesthetics over functionality?

any idea when nest will support wireless trv's?
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The problem I had with the heat genius system is that it's so expensive - I have had a completely new system done and it was something like 1100 quid extra to have the heat genius stuff - nest cost me something like 30 quid over the controls the plumber had allowed
 
Carbon Copied said:
If just having a single heating zone in the house will multiple nest thermostats connect to a single heat link (for example one in the hallway and one in another room so auto-away doesn't incorrectly engage), as far as I can tell you only need multiple heat links per zone (but couldn't find an answer on single zones)?

Did try Google and Nest's site but couldn't see an exact answer.
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Not sure about this but we have a 2-zone system and so have 2 thermostats and 2 heat links. The heat links go into a control module which basically controls the valves. Every thermostat comes with a heatlink so i would imagine you can only pair one thermostat per heatlink. So you would need 2 heatlinks which will both be connected to the boiler/control system.
 
Carbon Copied said:
If just having a single heating zone in the house will multiple nest thermostats connect to a single heat link (for example one in the hallway and one in another room so auto-away doesn't incorrectly engage), as far as I can tell you only need multiple heat links per zone (but couldn't find an answer on single zones)?

Did try Google and Nest's site but couldn't see an exact answer.
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If your sole intention is to prevent erroneous auto-away then you're better off using Tasker and/or Trigger.
 
@Russinating / M1k3H

Thanks for the responses both - was that and more to have a control up stairs/different room without having to have a phone glued to my hip etc.; think I'll get some wired Nest Protects to act as repeater sensors to help keep the thermostat informed of the occupancy (also makes sense with them double hatting as smoke/monoxide detectors). End of the day I can always repurpose a tablet as the upstairs "controller".
 
You don't need to have your phone glued to your hip. It depends how your normal lifestyle operates but one of the simplest is to base itself on your WiFi connection; when disconnect, turn auto-away on, and vice versa. There's more manual approaches like NFC tags or geo location. They certainly all rely on you taking your phone with you when you go out, but I presume like 99.9% of the population you do as well :p.
 
New version of the Nest App is available

Version 5.6 - released July 28, 2016

  • Spaces groups your Nest products by room and lets you see all your cameras at once. And if you’re connected to Wi-Fi, shows you all of their live views.
  • Share a password protected live view of your camera. Now grandma can see what the kids are up to at video.nest.com.
  • 1080p support for Dropcam Pro
    [*]    Automatic video quality adjustment helps make sure you get a continuous, clear picture.
  • Support for Apple Watch: You can now control your Nest Thermostat from your wrist
 
the_r_sole said:
The problem I had with the heat genius system is that it's so expensive - I have had a completely new system done and it was something like 1100 quid extra to have the heat genius stuff - nest cost me something like 30 quid over the controls the plumber had allowed
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you got ripped off then. when i looked into honeywell it's like £27 per radiator which seems reasonable for the functionality. the cost of everything else is the same as all the other systems give or take a few quid.

i take it you paid to have it installed too rather than do it yourself?
 
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