topic Re: Low Battery in Nest Thermostats

Low Battery

Tonesavvy — Sun, 15 May 2022 00:24:37 GMT

Learning Thermostat is 2.5 years old. Earlier this week, got a low battery, disconnected from Wi-Fi message. Tripped the breaker and did a reset. A few days later, same issue, low battery and disconnect from Wi-Fi.

Tripped the breaker and reset, but now it cannot find the Wi-Fi, searches, cannot connect, and appears to no longer be getting power from the wiring, as the battery has run down again. I don’t see any other error, other than low battery.

I am charging the unit manually now, but unclear if that’s really the issue, but nothing has changed on my end since initial install.

Re: Low Battery

Patrick_Caezza — Sun, 15 May 2022 04:15:54 GMT

If you don't have a C wire installed, then you will need to install one.

If there is a spare wire you can use it or you can use the Nest Power Connector

Re: Low Battery

RM6 — Sun, 15 May 2022 14:36:57 GMT

Thanks! I think this is what is happening to my Nest. I will look into the Nest Power Connector

Re: Low Battery

Tonesavvy — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:19:39 GMT

Thanks Patrick. I wonder why it worked fine for 2.5 years without the C-wire, but will look into it or the Adapter. Thanks.

Re: Low Battery

Ryan_G — Sun, 22 May 2022 02:17:32 GMT

Hi Tonesavvy,

Thanks for reaching out here in the community.

I'd like to jump in here and check if you already tried to install a Nest Power Connector. Let us know how it goes by replying to this thread.

You could also try connecting a Nest Power Connector and let us know how it's going.

Thanks for your help, Patrick_Caezza.

Best regards,

Ryan

Re: Low Battery

Ryan_G — Wed, 25 May 2022 03:00:56 GMT

Hey Tonesavvy,

I just wanted to follow up and see if you're still in need of help. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Best regards,

Ryan

Re: Low Battery

Tonesavvy — Wed, 25 May 2022 09:54:50 GMT

Thanks all. I did a factory reset, now I’m getting a W5 error. Power is OK, the unit just can’t find the WiFi when searching for network or when I key in the SSID.

Re: Low Battery

aatienza — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 01:07:59 GMT

Hey Tonesavvy,

Appreciate the help, Ryan and Patrick_Caezza.

To confirm, have you tried restarting your thermostat to see if that helps? If so, fill out this form and let us know once you're done.

Thanks,

Archie

Re: Low Battery

MelbaDT — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 03:26:24 GMT

Hey there,

Checking back in should you still need our help here. Have you had the chance to try the suggestion or fill out the form above?

Best,

Melba

Re: Low Battery

Tonesavvy — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:50:59 GMT

The problem was a malfunctioning unit. Google replaced it after contacting customer support. C-wire not necessary (didn’t have one originally).

Re: Low Battery

EdwardT — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:33:27 GMT

Hi Tonesavvy,

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear that you were able to get a replacement for your Nest thermostat. Please observe it for now and let us know if anything comes up.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: Low Battery

aatienza — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:39:12 GMT

Hey Tonesavvy,

As we got our resolution here, I'm going to mark this one as resolved. Please feel free to open up a new thread if you need assistance.

Thanks,

Archie