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thermostat battery 1st generation

Whitlebloer
Community Member

Dear Customer Service,

I purchased a new Nest thermostat 2 weeks ago from Amazon. It has been been very frustrating because I have nothing but trouble with it. My thermostat kept dropping my C-wire and draining the baterry. I have to keep replacing the battery and resetting the thermostat. Every 2 to 3 days I received an error message about my C-wire where I had to pull out the unit from the wall and replugged it back in again. It worked for a couple of days then the problem started again. So I knew it's not the power of the C-wire. I checked it with a voltmeter and it was 27 volts.

I got a new replacement yesterday from Amazon. This morning, I got a message of low battery and asking me to replace them. I called Customer Service and was told to replace the battery. There must be something wrong with the unit. My old thermostat back up battery last for more than a year with frequent power failure.

I hope Google will do something about the quality control of the product. 

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Patrick_Caezza
Diamond Product Expert
Diamond Product Expert

It sounds like something isn't wired correctly.

Post a picture of your original thermostat wiring and another showing how you wired the Nest.


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Jeran
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there Whitlebloer,

I'm just checking up on this thread, did you have any more questions or need any additional help? 

Thank you for helping out on this thread, Patrick_Caezza!

Best regards,
Jeran
 

Jeran
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there Whitlebloer,

Did you have any more questions or need any additional help? 

Thank you,
Jeran
 

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Whitlebloer,

 

I wanted to check in with you, and let you know that I will be locking the thread in 24 hours.

 

Best regards,

Jake