Nest smoke detectors
- Thread starter nizak
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- Placerville, CA, USA
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- Retired PV System Designer
Nest has had one recall of their combined smoke detector and proximity controlled night light.
Not sure how I feel about their overall reliability.
IMHO they do not lend themselves to a "set and forget" mode of operation although their added features are impressive.
If your homeowner is tech savvy and will be interacting regularly it may be a good fit.
Not sure how I feel about their overall reliability.
IMHO they do not lend themselves to a "set and forget" mode of operation although their added features are impressive.
If your homeowner is tech savvy and will be interacting regularly it may be a good fit.
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
We just installed 9 of them in a home. The ones we did were the newest version 2 I believe. It is up to the tech guys to program them so I am not sure how it will work out. They are about $100 each
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- Placerville, CA, USA
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- Retired PV System Designer
No, I have not actually installed any, so I can't help you there.
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- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
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- Electrical Engineer
I thought Nest products were grossly over priced for what they are. I just did some internet programmable thermostats for someone. I looked at the Nest, but bought Honeywell for less than half the price. They've work flawlessly for over a year now, once I got the networking issues at the site resolved when I initially installed them.
(side note: I had to test out the interface and iPhone ap for them, so I used my own phone. Now I have control of their heat and cooling... :angel
(side note: I had to test out the interface and iPhone ap for them, so I used my own phone. Now I have control of their heat and cooling... :angel
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
We had 120V at the source and they had a battery backup in them. Wired just like a normal smoke but you didn't need the 3rd wired since they all communicate with each other electronically
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i've had three of them in my house for a year or so now....
they are battery powered smoke / CM units. zero complaints.
they network with the nest thermostat, and can be remotely controlled
by the app. an alarm from one of them immediately stops the furnace
blower as well.
the T stat works well. i've no complaints with either. significant heating cost
reduction.
put them in, log them into your wifi, and set up the app. pretty effortless.
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