Congrats on the C wire! I was lucky in my 1950s house that when they installed AC in the 90s they ran a new thermostat wire with the C wire, they just didn't hook it up, so all I had to do was find a power source for it and hook it up in the basement!
I've gotta ask - why a nest thermostat? There are cheaper options out there that you haven't got to de-evil. I use a Honeywell Z Wave unit and it's great.
I thought this was referring to it being set to 68 degrees, because 67 and 69 trigger two generations of people 😅
Wow, this came up at a good time for me. I’ve been running ours like an old school one since they tried to make me link my account to it.
I have a 1st gen Nest flashed with NLE. No google, no Nest app, just local control with Home Assistant. I love it.
I am degoogled in as many places as possible but I have a nest thermostat that was in the house when I bought it.
I’m going to try this for myself! I can’t believe it never occurred to me before.
I’m loving my Aqara Matter smart thermostat. It can do everything the Nest and Ecobees can do and works entirely locally communicating directly with my Home Assistant instance and costs less than the competition. No third party app necessary. Configurable over Wi-Fi or Zigbee over Thread.
This is a great write up, thanks for sharing! I’d like to do something like this when I own a home someday.
Anyone have the old “ green wire” problem? I did. The hack was pretty easy on YouTube and after about 5 minutes changing wiring positions on the propane furnace motherboard, the Nest works flawlessly! Don’t let stories like this stop ya!
Damn, I have a 3rd gen one.
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