Furnace short cycling even when I set my thermostat to off

[mvspaulding]

Hi I have had my Nest thermostat installed for almost a year now and have not had any problems.  Today I noticed that my furnace was cycling on and off in short intervals.  I had it set to heat at 68 and cool at 72 since we are in that springtime when the temp outside fluctuates so much.  When i noticed it I went ahead and just shut the thermostat off thinking it needed to reset.  The furnace was still short cycling even when I had the thermostat set to off.   I also did a restart on the thermostat.  I turned off the furnace and reset the breaker.  I also checked the filter and it was ok.  I then read something about the Nest may need to be charged.  So right now I have everything off and I took the Nest off the wall and have it charging.  If this doesn't fix the problem what could it be?

[Patrick_Caezza]

@mvspaulding 

Which Nest thermostat do you have?

How is it wired?

Can you post a picture of its wiring?

[mvspaulding]

actually when I waited like 1-/2 hours and put Nest back up and set to heat I turned Furnace back on and it heated to temp and then turned off twice now. It seems to be working now 

fingers crossed it stays that way 

[Jake]

Hey mvspaulding,

Thanks for the help Patrick_Caezza.

I wanted to follow up and see if I could be of any help. 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

[mvspaulding]

Hi. So far so good.  Whatever I did stopped it from short cycling. Haven’t had any issues since. Knock on wood 

[Jake]

Hey there,

I am glad to hear everything is working from here. I am going to go ahead and leave the thread open for 24 hours. If anything changes, please let me know.

Best regards,

Jake