topic Heating for 30 mins in Nest Thermostats

Heating for 30 mins

TC — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 10:03:45 GMT

Hi there, does anyone know if it's possible to turn the heating on with Nest for only 30 mins. In the schedule it seems that I have to set it for a minimum of an hour, which is longer than I need and so costing me money unnecessarily.

It would also be useful to have a boost function for the heating like there is for the hot water. I used to be able to set my heating for a boost with Tado (that I had before) from anything from 1 minute to several hours and even my ancient boiler allowed me to do that before I upgraded my system.

Any thoughts or tips appreciated. Thanks 🙂

Re: Heating for 30 mins

Jake — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:57:58 GMT

Hey TC,

Apologies for the late reply. I wanted to follow up and ensure you are good to go. Please let me know if you are still having any trouble from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Heating for 30 mins

TC — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 22:49:05 GMT

Thanks Jake. Yes, it would be great if you can help. I still haven’t managed to turn my heating on for a shorter period than 1 hour. I’d love to be able to put it on for just 15 or 30 minutes. I also haven’t found a boost function for the heating, only for the hot water.

Any help appreciated, especially given the rising cost of heating.

Re: Heating for 30 mins

Jake — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:16:43 GMT

Hey TC,

Glad to help you out and answer this for you. Adjacent temperatures in your thermostat’s schedule must be at least 60 minutes apart, and this is why you are having trouble finding a shorter time. I did find a helpful article that provides more details on that. You can read more about that here. Please let me know if that helps, or if you have any other questions from here.

Best regards,

Jake

Re: Heating for 30 mins

Jake — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:37:37 GMT

Hey TC,

I want to ensure you are good to go, and everything is working properly. Please let me know if you are still having trouble, as I will be locking the thread in 24 hours due to inactivity.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Heating for 30 mins

TC — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:43:58 GMT

Thanks Jake. Yes, it sadly means that Google Nest doesn’t have this basic functionality, I hope they will consider upgrading to this. Tado and Honeywell have this and unfortunately moving to nest now means that my heating had to be on for longer. Will have to manually override for now. A lesson to research more and not automatically think that it would be better ir as good as the competitors. Appreciate you following up. Thanks 😊

Re: Heating for 30 mins

Jake — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:36:41 GMT

Hey TC,

I do appeciate the feedback and I have forwarded that onto our Team to look into as adding as a function. We are always trying to improve our products, and the feedback really does help. I will be locking the thread at this time and if you have any questions from here, please feel free to create a new post. Have a good one!

Best regards,

Jake