How does the Nest power itself? Does the nest require batteries or does it just get power from the wires themselves? Does it need to be plugged into anything? I only have red, yellow, blue, white, and green wires that are coming out of the wall. How does the Nest power itself? Does the nest require batteries or does it just get power from the wires themselves? Does it need to be plugged into anything? I only have red, yellow, blue,... » Read More How does the Nest power itself? Does the nest require batteries or does it just get power from the wires themselves? Does it need to be plugged into anything? I only have red, yellow, blue, white, and green wires that are coming out of the wall. « Show Less
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Has anyone had issues with battery maintaining a charge? Mine will charge and then drain over a few weeks and. I'll then find that it's disconnected from the network due to a low battery. I've had mine installed for a couple months and it's done this two or three times.
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This type of connection has worked perfectly for a year in our home, but we installed a Nest in a second home, only to discover that it gradually lost its charge over time, resulting in the Nest disconnecting from our wifi router. In many instances, you will need to utilize a common wire ("C") connection to keep the Nest charged and fully operable. Once I did that in our second home, the Nest started working again. This really is something that Nest should disclose up front . . . it's not an uncommon problem among Nest owners.
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The red wire should provide power and keep the battery charged. Check the battery by going to Settings>Technical Info. Battery should read between 3.85-3.95V. I recommend charging the unit via the mini-USB socket for a few hours prior to installation.
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If you use an apple airport that's the problem, I had to get a net gear to fixt the problem, it's a connection issue that drains the batt. Now I'm all good and no more problems!
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I've had two for over a year- with an Apple Airport Extreme downstairs and an Airport Express upstairs- both at 3.9 and 9.92 volts (i.e- fine) after a year... perhaps this has something to do with the voltage / current fed to the nests via the HVAC equipment. Ours are fed by a 2 zone controller?
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Hope it works out for you. I had some battery issues in the beginning. After manually charging the unit, it seems to maintain a 3.85V charge or better. Time will tell if this makes a difference. And for $250, you'd think they would include a twenty-five cent mini-USB cable to charge it up.
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Thanks for your recommendation PhiPsi. I ordered this before your reply and am very happy with the Nest. It is working well and I agree that one should charge it by a Mini-USB wire (not included unfortunately) before using it. I charged it for about 30-45 minutes before plugging it into the wall base. It was turned off on arrival so I had to have the computer turn it on by Mini-USB wire as there is a port for this on the item. It is not micro-USB wire compatible.
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I have only had mine for about 1 week, but so far no problem with maintaining charge. My house is still very hot, and so I changed the red wire from Rh to Rc. It did help lower the temperature by about 5 degrees, but not even close to my requested temperature of 76. An AC technician (not Nest related company) is coming out today and see if there is a problem with my AC unit.Side note: The iphone app works well but is irritating in that I have to turn the phone sideways to use its features. I like to have my phone orientation locked since I read emails in bed also. The android app does not work at all on my HP Touchpad running ICS. I have only had mine for about 1 week, but so far no problem with maintaining charge. My house is still very hot, and so I changed the red wire from Rh to Rc. It did help lower the temperature by about 5 degrees, but not even close to my requested temperature of 76. An AC technician (not Nest related company) is coming out today and see if there is a problem with my AC unit.Side note: The iphone app works well but is irritating in that I have to turn the phone sideways to use its features. I like to have my phone orientation locked since I read emails in bed also. The android... » Read More I have only had mine for about 1 week, but so far no problem with maintaining charge. My house is still very hot, and so I changed the red wire from Rh to Rc. It did help lower the temperature by about 5 degrees, but not even close to my requested temperature of 76. An AC technician (not Nest related company) is coming out today and see if there is a problem with my AC unit.Side note: The iphone app works well but is irritating in that I have to turn the phone sideways to use its features. I like to have my phone orientation locked since I read emails in bed also. The android app does not work at all on my HP Touchpad running ICS. « Show Less
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Its self powered. So just plug into it and youre good. It works solo or you can daisy link them together.
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So my current setup had the Rc wire in, no Rh, so initially I plugged one of the lines from the transformer to C and another to Rh and only my AC would work, not heating. Remember that by just pluggin one lead to C you do not complete the circuit for 24v to flow through the nest and give it power. If you have the same setup as I do, just follow my instructions to connect the power supply to give the nest the 24v on the C connection
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Mine does work from a wall switch and responds immediately. With mine, I turn on the switch and use the pull cords to turn off either the light or fan if I want it so (only fan at night, for example). I was worried about enough light too; but found that it gave out plenty of light even all winter when I was dressing in the early morning. I previously had a CFL bulb in the globe under my old fan. It was the equivalent of 100 watts. The unusual bulb that came with this fan/light is brighter than that one was. I am willing to bet it will meet all your needs. I seem to remember that the socket for the bulbs are smaller in diameter than standard bulbs. Mine does work from a wall switch and responds immediately. With mine, I turn on the switch and use the pull cords to turn off either the light or fan if I want it so (only fan at night, for example). I was worried about enough light too; but found that it gave out plenty of light even all winter when I was dressing in the early morning. I previously had a CFL bulb in the globe under my old fan. It was the equivalent of 100 watts. The unusual bulb that came with this fan/light is brighter than that one was. I am willing to bet it will meet all your needs. I seem to remember that the socket... » Read More Mine does work from a wall switch and responds immediately. With mine, I turn on the switch and use the pull cords to turn off either the light or fan if I want it so (only fan at night, for example). I was worried about enough light too; but found that it gave out plenty of light even all winter when I was dressing in the early morning. I previously had a CFL bulb in the globe under my old fan. It was the equivalent of 100 watts. The unusual bulb that came with this fan/light is brighter than that one was. I am willing to bet it will meet all your needs. I seem to remember that the socket for the bulbs are smaller in diameter than standard bulbs. « Show Less
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Its a portable power source...you keep it plugged in at all times.In the event you need it,whatever is plugged into it,will receive power fro this unit,ntil it runs out of power or power it is plugged int,is restored. It would probably run a small fridge,depending on its wattage,also several small light fixtures,again depending on there power consumption.In a power outage,providing it is plugged in,it will automatically come on ,if needed.One of its best features.
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We're pretty sure we had to supply our own. However, we have only had ours plugged in and not using batteries.
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It is all self contained. If you have power to your current thermostat, you just hook it up and it runs. Nothing extra to buy. The iphone app works. We have one for upstairs and one downstairs and haven't had any issues.
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I didn't know it did need batteries.I have it on the wall, plugged into the telephone line.It works just fine...no batteries that I know of.As another reviewer said, it is a wall phone. The "od fashioned kind".My grandkids didn't even know what it was, hanging on the wall. :)
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If Chickens are only in it at night to sleep do they still need food and water inside? Can you just keep it outside for them when you let them out in the morning? I am new to chickens and always wondered about this when I read about food and water in these...it confuses me. I assume some people leave their chickens in there all the time? Sorry I mean no offense just trying to learn. I've read somewhere some people just take the divider out or use one nest box with divider in place to put foot there...depending on the size of your feeder/water device. Hoe that helps some as my comment was more a question itself than a answer.
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The power source's plugs needs to be cut and you insert the wires. Your best bet is to check youtube for videos on how to wire the whole thing up. There's a few great ones on there that break it down for you.
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The base is the battery. You plug into an adaptor that connects to the wall, just like everything else does. So you don't need anything except the bits
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Plugs into an outlet. We have it in our son's bedroom. I've never seen a bug in it. My son swears he did once. We've had it over a year. Its a nice nightlight.
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It's got its own charger. Just plug it into a regular wall outlet and when the power goes out, the light comes on. :)
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Hi Christa! Yes, with a power outage this would go out, because it is plugged into the wall. I, personally, keep it plugged in to a socket that has its own switch to turn it on off. I always keep it on, so if the power goes out (as it has in my house), when the power comes back on, as long as it is still plugged back in, it comes right back on by itself! Hope that answers your question! :)
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My son is sleeping in it as I type this, and we use the wall adapter exclusively. =) It definitely came with it. It has the capability to be battery operated, but it seems like a waste of batteries to me!
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It comes with a its own power supply that must be plugged in. While it would be possible to power it from batteries I don't think it would be practical, it would drain them pretty quickly.
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This model uses no batteries, its hardwired and gets its power through the main panel. Its not a wireless that is powered by batteries