How to use your Nest thermostat as a traditional programmable thermostat

The Google Nest Thermostat Due east and Google Nest Learning Thermostat tin can learn your daily routine and automatically create a temperature schedule for you. If y'all'd adopt to disable learning and have your thermostat follow a stock-still temperature schedule, you can turn off Automobile-Schedule. That way, the schedule won't change unless you make manual changes to it.

Annotation: Only the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat tin use Auto-Schedule. Auto-Schedule is not bachelor for the Nest Thermostat, so it cannot automatically suit its temperature schedule. Instead, you can enable Savings Finder to become suggestions to adjust temperatures in the schedule and help save energy.

Different Nest thermostat models give you different options for setting upwardly a temperature schedule that meets your needs:

  • Machine-Schedule (Nest Thermostat East and Nest Learning Thermostat only)
  • Basic schedule (for Nest Thermostat E only)
  • Quick schedule (Nest Thermostat just)

Nest thermostat temperature schedules

If you don't want your Nest Thermostat East or Nest Learning Thermostat to make automatic adjustments to its temperature schedule as it learns what temperatures you like and when, turn off Auto-Schedule. You tin then manually edit the existing schedule, or create an entirely new one.

Notation: Nest thermostats can likewise alter temperatures automatically with Home & Abroad routines or Home/Away Assist. You'll need to disable either i to forestall automatic temperature adjustments and apply your thermostat like a traditional thermostat.

1. Turn off Automobile-Schedule learning

When you turn off Machine-Schedule, your existing schedule volition remain, just your thermostat will stop learning from your future adjustments.

In the Nest app:

  1. Open the Nest app and select your Nest thermostat.
  2. SelectSettings Nest settings iconand thenAuto-Schedule.
  3. Tap the switch to plough it off.

On your thermostat:

ChooseSettings Nest settings iconand thenNest Senseand thenAuto-Scheduleand thenOff.

two. Clear the existing schedule (optional)

Before you lot decide whether to clear your existing schedule, here's how to see it:

  1. Nest Learning Thermostat: Printing the ring and chooseScheduleNest thermostat schedule icon.
  2. Nest Thermostat E: Printing the band and chooseSettingsNest settings iconand thenSchedule.

If y'all want to keep your existing schedule and manually tweak it, skip to stride 3.

If you want to completely erase your existing schedule, follow the steps below:

  1. On your thermostat, selectSettings Nest settings iconand thenResetand then  Schedule.
  2. Depending on which Nest thermostat you take, select eitherReset orClear.

Note: If you take a Nest Thermostat Eastward, you tin selectBones to articulate your existing schedule and supercede information technology with the default Basic Schedule.

3. Edit or create the schedule

Manually edit or create your thermostat's schedule to change your abode's temperature at fixed times that you've prepare.

In the Nest app:

  1. Open the Nest app and select your Nest thermostat.
  2. SelectScheduleNest app schedule icon.
  3. Create or arrange temperature ready points to your liking. For further instructions, become to our Nest thermostat temperature schedules article.

On your thermostat:

  1. Go to the schedule screen on your thermostat.
  2. Create or adjust temperature set points to your liking. For further instructions, become to our Nest thermostat temperature schedules article.

 Things to bear in mind

  • True Radiant: If you've enabled Truthful Radiant, your thermostat may kickoff your systembefore the set point in your schedule. That's because True Radiant is designed and so that your home reaches the target temperature past the time y'all set your schedule. If you'd adopt your system to kickoffat the scheduled time (non earlier), disable True Radiant; your home won't reach the target temperature until after the scheduled time.
  • Eco Temperatures: If you've enabled Eco Temperature, your thermostat might stillautomatically switch to its Eco Temperature when it senses that everybody has left habitation. If you don't want this to happen, you'll need to disable Eco Temperature auto-switching for your thermostat.
  • Automatic switching with presence sensing: If you've enabled Domicile & Away routines or Home/Away Assist, your thermostat might withal automatically switch to its Eco Temperatures when information technology senses that everybody has left home. If yous don't desire it to exercise that, disable Eco Temperature automobile-switching for your thermostat.
  • No temperature schedule: If you don't set a schedule afterwards clearing it, your thermostat will stay on whatever temperature you set up it to until y'all select a new temperature. This means information technology will work like a traditional not-programmable thermostat, similar to 'concord' manner on a programmable thermostat.
  • Outset learning again: Yous can always turn Auto-Schedule back on if yous ever desire your thermostat to start learning your temperature preferences once again and make adjustments to the schedule automatically. Your Nest thermostat will utilise whatsoever temperatures that are in your schedule as a starting indicate to start learning again.

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