Scheduling heating timings

[Hannah21]

I have a nest thermostat! I get how to schedule temperatures but I don’t understand how long it stays on for I only want it to reach that temp then turn off until it’s scheduled again or I turn it on!?

[CoolingWizard]

A temperature schedule, either heating or cooling, is used to specify the time of day you want the room temperature to be at. If you set a single day say Monday at 9 AM you want the temperature to be 78°F, the system will set 78° and hold it there until the next time there’s a change. The intention is that you can set schedules based on your typical lifestyle. You set higher and lower temperatures based on times each day you want the temperature to change. The best way to do that is to put entries on every day and what temperature you want in the morning versus the evening or you can change it four times a day. I hope this helps. 

Ken, The AC Cooling Wizard

[LisaE]

Helpful, I had the same question. So if we have the temperature set for 21 at 8am and then 17 at midday it will maintain the 21 until it starts to reduce for the midday change?I had to turn off the learning thermostat while we just get used to what temperature we want the house at at certain times of the day. Much prefer a pre-defined schedule 

[Hannah21]

That’s what I’m thinking is that what we have to do set a lower temperature when we want it to go off/cool down! We still trying to work it out too! Lool 

[CoolingWizard]

Hello LisaE,

The use of a custom Heating or custom Cooling schedule is good to adjust the desired temperature by day and time.  This is very good for energy savings.  So, in your case, you set a specific time of day you want the temperature to be attained.  So, let say we work Monday thru Friday, when we wake we want 21°C. We set the schedule Monday:0800@21, then we copy that to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Then we set a temperature set point change at 1200 of 17°C. And as the other, we copy that to the other days. 
OK so now we activate the schedule. Now what will happen in this situation is no matter what the overnight temperature has dropped to, which looks like 17°C, by 8 AM the system will heat the air to reach 21°C and it will remain at 21°C until noon at which time the system will lower the setpoint to 17°. And then slowly the temperature will drop unless of course it’s the middle of summer. The system will maintain the 17°C until 8 AM the next morning.

I hope this helps you to understand how the schedule works.

[Hannah21]

Thank you! 

[Jhonleanmel]

Hey folks, 

We appreciate your help here, @CoolingWizard.
@Hannah21, I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks,
Mel

[Hannah21]

Thanks for contacting me! My scheduling is fine though out the day and drops temp when I have scheduled it too! However I schedule 12 degrees at 8pm and then 20 degrees at 4.45am however I’m waking up during night and the heating is on and at 20 degrees any tips 🫣🤷‍♀️

[Jhonleanmel]

Hi Hannah21,

Thanks for getting back to us. Could you try to remove these schedules and set them up again. After that, monitor your schedules and let us know if it will still be inconsistent.

Best,

Mel

[Hannah21]

Yes no problem I will clear them now and start agian and let you no tomorrow morning

[Jhonleanmel]

Hi Hannah21,

Thanks for letting us know. Take your time, I'll be waiting for your update.

Best,
Mel

[Hannah21]

Hey! It still happened last night! The heating is still coming on when it’s not scheduled 

[CoolingWizard]

If we think about this logically , the Thermostat just makes simple decisions. It monitors the set point versus the current room temperature.  So if the heat is being commanded to turn on, the thermostat has a set point that makes that happen.  So, the set point is either in the Heat Schedule, or in the safety temperature settings. 

Ken, The AC Cooling Wizard

[Hannah21]

Ok maybe we need to rethinking having nest then as it really isn’t working for us thanks for your help! 

[EdwardT]

Hi folks,

@CoolingWizard, thanks for the help!

@Hannah21, thanks for letting us know. To isolate the issue, please check the Nest Energy History to see the reason why it's changing the target temperature automatically. You can click on this link to learn more about reading your Nest Energy History.

Thanks,

Edward

[Hannah21]

Thank you for commenting I have looked on our history but I’m not sure what you mean I should be looking for? 

[EdwardT]

Hi Hannah21,

Thanks for the response. Could you share a screenshot of what you're seeing in the Nest Energy History?

Thanks,

Edward

[Jhonleanmel]

Hi folks,

Chiming in to see if you still need assistance with this. Let us know if you have additional questions ― we'd love to help.

Best,
Mel

[Jhonleanmel]

Hi everyone,

Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We haven't heard from you in a while so we'll be locking this thread if there is no update after 24 hours. If you have any new questions, updates or just a discussion topic, feel free to start a new thread in the Community.

Thanks,
Mel

[Hannah21]

Thank you so much! That makes sense!! 😊