Use Nest as Traditional Timer & Thermostat

[KenBuchanan]

Hi,

I have a holiday let which is occupied about 50% of the time. Up till now I had a traditional timer & thermostat.

The timer never changed and the thermostat would be varied by guests / cleaners. The only problem was me (hundreds of miles away) knowing what was set. So I bought Nest.

It seems to me that the only way I can set what is required between guests being there and no-one there is to completely over-write the schedule at each change, which is going to be tedious. Is there any way to preserve a schedule and (separately) adjust the temperature. Assuming not, is there any way to store schedule data (like a profile)? I know that I can copy a day and paste it (luckily!), but there will be times when I will need to set every day of the week to "no-one/someone there"  and then set it back again which means starting from scratch.

Any hints gratefully received.

Ken

[sporfrog]

When you have guests set the thermostat to run the schedule.  The schedule will always kick in regardless of manual settings.  So if during the day if you or a guest sets the temp to 75°F / 24°C, then whenever the next scheduled time hits it will switch to that temperature. When you don't have guests set a permanent hold to hold the temp.  As long as there is wi-fi you can control it remotely. 

[KenBuchanan]

OK, thanks. 

Is there any way to store the "guests staying" schedule so I don't have to recreate the whole thing? 

Thanks 

Ken 

[sporfrog]

There is only one schedule.

This is how I would approach it...

Create THE schedule that you want to use when the unit is occupied.  When it's not occupied hold the temperature to ECO preset.

[KenBuchanan]

Ah, sounds good. Although I have a learnign thermostat which I don't think does "hold" I think I can use Eco to achieve the same thing.

Someone is in right now so I can't test it but I will.

Many thanks,

Ken

[Jenelyn_O]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. I just want to check if you were able to set an Eco temperature on your Nest Learning Thermostat. How does it go?

I appreciate your help, sporfrog.

Best,
Jenelyn

[KenBuchanan]

Yes, seems to be working and saving a lot of hassle.

thanks,

Ken

[Markjosephp]

Hello KenBuchanan,

Awesome! We're glad to hear that it was sorted out. It looks like we can consider this one complete, so I will lock the thread within 24 hours unless I can help out with anything else.

Regards,

Mark