Next Thermostat E Temperature Sensor Issues

[Deede1]

My Nest Thermostat E has a Temperature sensor which reads the temp inside the house. The Nest  thermostat  heating only comes on when turned above the house temperature. This is not ideal as I will like to turn on the Thermostat at any temperature I wish regardless of what my house temperature is. 
Does anyone please know how to fix this? 

cheers. 

[cw2]

The thermostat is 'on', but obviously it won't request heating if the current measured inside temperature is at or above the requested temperature.

There's no 'boost' function to go to any other temperature greater than the measured temperature.

[Deede1]

Thanks for the reply. 

I really do not understand why this is the design choice as it does not make sense. This means that as a user, I cannot choose at what temperature my heating comes on if I want it on at a temperature lower than the Nest's measured 'inside temperature'. 
This is totally silly as my 'in house' temperature may be cold subjectively and I want my heater to come on at a temperature lower than that. 

Thanks for your reply though. 

Cheers. 

[cw2]

With heating you can't heat something to a lower temperature. You set the higher temperature ABOVE the indoor temperature you require. If you also had cooling as an option, the Nest would switch on cooling to achieve the lower temperature.

[Deede1]

I agree 😊. 
But with a manual thermostat, you turn on your heating at anytime and to any temperature, regardless of what your room/house temperature is. 
Nest thermostat is assuming all the rooms in my house is the same temp as the room the heatlink and display is located in. This is not the case. I also doubt very much that Nest is reading my home temp correctly as it is currently 7 degrees outside, but nest reads 22 degrees in doors, so i can only heat above 22 degrees. There should be a manual override for this somewhere 😊

[MelbaDT]

Hey folks, 

Thanks for answering and for taking the time to explain how the Nest Thermostat works, cw2. 

@Deede1, I understand that this is not the response you're hoping for but we'll take this as feedback as we're always open for ways top improve. Keep an eye out on this Community page or follow our social channels for news and updates. 

Best, 

Melba

[cw2 · Accepted solution]

But with a manual thermostat, you turn on your heating at anytime and to any temperature, regardless of what your room/house temperature is. 

No it doesn't. Once the sensed temperature reaches the thermostat setting then it turns OFF. It won't heat above the set temperature, otherwise the thermostat serves no purpose whatsover. It's there to control the heat demand and stop it (turn it OFF) when it reaches that temperature.

A traditional system has a timer to set ON/OFF times and a thermostat to regulate the temperature during the ON times (there's usually a frost override which acts at any time if the temperature really drops to turn on the heating to stop pipes freezing). That thermostat doesn't regulate the temperature during OFF times.

The Nest has scheduled temperatures rather than ON/OFF.  You might have 22C as the equivalent of ON and, say, 15C as the equivalent of OFF. The difference is that if the Nest senses below 15C during that equivalent OFF, then it would heat to 15C.  You set the temperatures you want in the schedule.

The outside temperatue is provided to the Nest via Google internet.  Obviously it can't sense where it can't get information.  Next to the boiler isn't a good place, but maybe hall, landing, main room, where you are most of the time.

Thermostatic valves on radiators are ususally used to control local temperatures as well.  A single Nest, like the traditional timer + thermostat, just controls heat demand, which is why you usually place a thermostat in a common place.

[Coleridgegill]

I have the same issue.  The nest indoor thermostat is clearly registering higher than the actual temperature at the same location.  I have a separate thermometer.  Can I recalibrate the nest thermostat to read correctly?