Showing posts with label learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label learning. Show all posts

Friday, November 18, 2011

Nest Learning Thermostat unboxing, installation and setup

Got my Nest thermostat installed. It is really an amazing product.


Installation-wise, it is pretty straight forward except for getting the anchors into my drywall. There were two problems: the holes from my old thermostat were around the same location which meant I had to reuse them; and there was a piece of metal (presumably the metal box) on the inside which was probably less than an inch deep, so I had to shorten the anchors provided:

Once I got the anchors into the wall, installation was a 5 minute job:

How cool is this?

It is wifi enabled and it has a trackwheel interface (coincidence Tony Fadell?)


It is a pretty cool product. It will definitely pay for itself on energy savings. You can see more pictures here: http://t.co/Xw5AxHcK