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Will this wiring be Nest compatible

sashakrsmanovic
Community Member

Hello 

Ahead of purchasing a Nest Learning thermostat (3rd generation) I'd like to make sure it is compatible with my furnance, for which I have heard is "old". The Nest installation videos I watched online all have 4 wires, which is what I have too. However, I have a blue wire coming, while the videos I have seen all have green wire coming in. 

Would anyone know if this is simply blue=green. 

Thanks in afance

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Patrick_Caezza
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@sashakrsmanovic 

You need to pull the wall plate off of the back of the thermostat so we can see the terminal block and its labels.


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Thank you @Patrick_Caezza

This is the back of the existing thermostat, with the panel taken off.  Does that help? 

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@sashakrsmanovic 

Yes, it is compatible.

Just match the labels from this thermostat to the ones on the Nest, and you can ignore the gold jumper between R and Rc.


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Hello @Patrick_Caezza - just flagging this one again please.