r/Nest•
ZenixNet

Nest seems to be running the AC way too much.

I installed a nest 3rd gen the other day and it seems to be running the AC way more than it needs to be. Sometimes it will be colder than what I have the temp set as and it will still be cooling or it will have reached the correct temperature but still cool for an hour. I go outside to check if the compressor is on and it always is so it isn't that airwave feature.

Perfect example of what I'm talking about happened today. The outside weather never went above 66 today. I have my AC set to 69. The AC has been running off and on all day and currently it is 68 inside and in cooling stage 2. There is no reason for Nest to turn the AC on currently especially when it knows how cool it is outside.

Then the other day I had it set to 72 and it brought it down to 68. It just kept blowing. I have a separate thermometer to check the air temperature and the nest sensor is correct. It's like it ignores what temperature it is in the house and just turns on whenever it wants to. It will be lower than the desired temperature and the AC will kick on.

I have auto learning and away mode turned off because the rest of the week it has been very hot and it kept turning the AC off as weird times while I was home and made the house in the high 70s. Schedule is 72 from 5a - 8p, 69 from 8-5.

Posted May 23, 2022, 12:34 AM UTC

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jkaz870•

Do you have cool to dry set to on?

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ZenixNetOP•

I do not

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RichardFingers•

Do you have a fan schedule? Is it perhaps just running the fan and now the whole AC?

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ZenixNetOP•

I'm not actually sure. When I click fan schedule the toggle is off and it's set at 60 min every hour all day(?) - which was the default. So I assumed that means the schedule is off but when I toggle it on it then says "always on". So is the toggle just got always on or does the toggle turn on the schedule? https://i.imgur.com/M51zsXO.jpg

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RichardFingers•

That looks turned off to me. Also, if it was just the fan, the main thermostat view would be gray. If the AC is on, it would be blue.

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ZenixNetOP•

Gotcha, thermostat is almost always blue and every time I check outside the compressor is on. So must be something else. Thank you tho

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RichardFingers•

That's definitely running the AC then. Strange.

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I’m having issues with it running the AC way too much too, always trying to cool down but almost never hitting the temp.

Did you happen to figure this out for your system?

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ZenixNetOP•

Not quite, my issue is more so that it hits the temperature but keeps going and going.

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thegreattonge•

Keep us updated

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