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In early July, when temperatures were rising to the 90s, my smart thermostat, a Nest Gen-4 model, shut down completely in the worst timing possible. None of the quick fixes I had used when testing ...

HVAC technicians routinely encounter a wide variety of thermostats in homes and buildings, from the basic dial-face thermostats to cloud-based intelligent units that can learn an occupant’s schedule ...

If you own a Nest smart thermostat, you may be experiencing problems with the battery. Big problems with the battery. As in, the battery keeps draining and leaving you in the literal freezing cold. A ...

Smart home devices like the Google Nest thermostat offer a lot of convenience, but it's important to understand what happens ...

Q: Do home heating thermostats wear out? I am talking about a simple mercury type with a glass tube that rocks back and forth on top of a coil. When the thermostat calls for heat, I usually hear the ...

Unlike previous generations, the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) that launched last month debuted without any manual control for display brightness. As such, the default dim settings of the display ...