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Confused about W2 and E/AUX wiring

Danby
Community Member

I am trying to install the Next Self learning Thermostat and below are my current wiring.

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 I plan to connect

RC jumpered to R (red) wire to R on the Nest

W O/B (White wire) to W on nest

W2 E/AUX (Brown wire) to W2.

The rest will go as shown C, G and Y to same ones on the nest.

My main confusion is about the W2 E/AUX wire, should that go to W2 or AUX? 

Will really appreciate it if someone could help validate my above connections. 

Thank you.

 

 

 

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Danby
Community Member

I was able to figure this out and got it working a week ago.

The point I missed is that the white wire is the the "Conventional" system versus the Heat pump. and once I understood that, I started reading only the conventional labeling instead of being confused with the "Heat Pump" version of the the labels. 

In my picture the W2 went into the W2 for Conventional and so it went into the W for Nest.

Its all set up and working. 

thanks

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GarrettDS
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there,

I'm so sorry for the delay in our response, but I wanted to hop in here to make sure we addressed your concern. I can definitely understand the confusion when it comes to thermostat issues as it can be very odd to figure out sometimes, but I'm happy to look into this for you. 

 

First off, I would suggest using the Compatibility Checker to see if your system is compatible. Then, if it is, I would suggest contacting a pro to come out to help you with this since I know that the Nest thermostat is not compatible with stranded wires, every wire has to be connected to the Nest Thermostat system. 

 

Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns as I'm happy to help. 

 

Best regards, 

Garrett DS

GarrettDS
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there, 

Just wanted to jump in here to check to make sure that you saw our response. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours. 

 

Have a great day. 

Garrett DS

Danby
Community Member

I was able to figure this out and got it working a week ago.

The point I missed is that the white wire is the the "Conventional" system versus the Heat pump. and once I understood that, I started reading only the conventional labeling instead of being confused with the "Heat Pump" version of the the labels. 

In my picture the W2 went into the W2 for Conventional and so it went into the W for Nest.

Its all set up and working. 

thanks

GarrettDS
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there,

Glad to see you got it figured out! Since we have come to a solution I'm going to be locking this thread. If you have any other concerns or questions, please feel free to create a new thread. 

 

Have a great day. 

Garrett DS