08-31-2024 04:11 PM
I have had a thermostat in the past and four wires came out of the wall : W, G, C, R
Per Nest thermostat instruction I connected W --> W1, G--> G, C-->C and R -->RH
I had my old thermostat system working for both Heat and Cooling functions. But with these recommended Nest settings, I only have "heat" and "fan" functions.
The system with only "heat" and "fan" doesn't work as intended. It is warm weather, I don't want the heater to get engaged at all but sometimes it gets turned on.
08-31-2024 11:11 PM - edited 08-31-2024 11:11 PM
Do you have a picture of the original thermostat's wiring that you can post here?
None of your wires are used to control the cooling function.
09-01-2024 11:12 AM - edited 09-01-2024 11:13 AM
This is from all angles for the old thermostat connection before I remove it from the wall. With my older thermostat, I had both cooling and heating functions with these connections. But with Nest thermostat, I only have heating and fan. How can I change the configuration to get both heating and cooling?
09-01-2024 08:03 PM
You have me on why cooling worked with your original thermostat.
The way it is wired is for heat only.
09-01-2024 09:32 PM
Hi @Patrick_Caezza,
We had a heating system first, and then we added AC to it.
Before I replace the old thermostat to Nest, we had both cooling and heating functions with these wirings. I don't know how it worked before, but for sure it was working with no issue, and we had both heating and cooling modes. After we switched to Nest thermostat we lost the cooling 😞
09-04-2024 04:18 PM
I have no idea how it allowed cooling but no Nest Thermostat will allow it without the correct wires which your thermostat doesn't have.