topic Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports in Nest Thermostats

Wire Connecting Two Ports

Jbmenachem — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:42:59 GMT

Hello,

When I removed my old thermostat to install the new Nest Learning Thermostat I found one short red wire connecting two ports. Do I need to add that somewhere?

Right now I just have cool, heat, fan, and power connected. I am wondering if my humidifier is what that previous red wire was for.

Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports

MelbaDT — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 03:55:26 GMT

Hey Jbmenachem,

Sorry for the delayed response but thanks for reaching out and for the photo.

Based on the wires of your original thermostat, the red short wire connecting the RH and RC terminal is a jumper wire. Unlike other thermostats, this jumper wire is not needed by our Nest thermostats. Just follow the wiring diagram the Nest app gives you during setup and do not connect the jumper wire.

Best,

Melba

Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports

MelbaDT — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:50:38 GMT

Hey there,

How's it going? Still have some questions here?

Best,

Melba

Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports

MelbaDT — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:11:19 GMT

Hi,

We haven't heard from you in a while so we'll be locking this thread if there is no update within the day. If you have any new issues, updates or just a discussion topic, feel free to start a new thread in the Community.

Best,

Melba

Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports

Jbmenachem — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:00:24 GMT

No further questions! Thank you!

Re: Wire Connecting Two Ports

Jeran — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:55:22 GMT

Hey there Jbmenachem,

No problem at all! We'll go ahead and lock this thread. If you have any more questions in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

Have a good one!

Best regards,

Jeran