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External Power supply to Nest Thermostat

Patti724
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Hi - I moved into a house with a Nest thermostat.  It has a disconnected power supply.  All the videos say to put one wire in the C hole and the other into the R or Rh.  There is no Rh and the R has a red wire.  There is a red, white, blue and green wire coming from the wall.  The Blue is plugged into the Y spot, the others are inserted accordingly. The only open spots are the C and a OB/* spot.  Where on Earth do I plug in the second wire from the power adapter?  The unit runs fine on batteries, but I don't want to worry about batteries all the time or recharging.  

Here is a picture of the unit. thermostat.jpg

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Patrick_Caezza
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@Patti724 

You must use the Nest Power Connector with the Google Nest Thermostat to use an external 24vac transformer.


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