Nest Schedule Setup: Programming the Nest Thermostat

How to setup the schedule for your Nest Thermostat.
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We run through all the options for scheduling and programming your Nest Thermostat on the thermostat or remotely using the App on your smartphone.
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[@stevesvanderpool8653]

Installation was easier then setting the temperature.

[@dawnveprek9946]

Just got the Nest and this video was so helpful! Thank you!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

You are so welcome!

[@effyou0505]

This definitely helped because I had no idea how to program schedules

[@josemontalvo72]

Thank you. I was able to fix my nest thermostat!!!

[@larrysommers8118]

Awesome video. Thank you for showing me exactly what I wanted to know.

[@Lifesogdm]

Awesome video! Thanks for showing the dual temps.

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[@curtispreston9895]

@Ares Crosby happy to help :)

[@user-vq7ip6qe9r]

Great product, worth the money

[@OreoCookies2076]

Thank you...Nest came with the condo I just purchased...... this was very helpful.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OreoCookies2076]

@@SmartHomeMojo Hi Again, Thanks again for your help with the nest. I have a question for you if you have some time. I have my weekly settings and all is good ...then all of a sudden there is a setting that pops up and sets items all week.

[@rickriggins195]

Great video!

[@cynthiarincon1800]

Great video thank you!

[@MrImperativeoz]

That was cool. Thank you!

[@flogeorgalas8510]

This guy knows his stuff...easy to follow

[@toolsforcoaching]

Great Video!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@aucti0nman]

Very useful thanks - we are installing 4 gen 3’s and 4 temp sensors - this will help once we get through the naming - assume you can setup a parent to control all 4 thermostats through an Alexa skill

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Glad the video helps, good luck with install. I have tried the Alexa skills and also looked into a routine to control multiple Nest Thermostats with one command/action, and have not been successful. I'm not sure your can control multiple Nest's as you described. Also, the Nest Thermostats don’t share temperature schedules because they control the temperature for different parts of your home. Please share if you are successful. Thanks!

[@aucti0nman]

Smart Home Mojo uhoh.. Fingers crossed then.. I'll let you know

[@EH1956]

So helpful thank you. Can you explain the ECO mode?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

ECO mode is meant to help you save money. Let's say you are at home and have the AC on and set to 72 degrees. You have to run out for a few hours and forget to adjust the AC up to a higher temp, let's say 78 degrees while you're out. If you have the Nest set to ECO or have the Home/Away Assist turned on, the Nest detects you're not at home, and adjusts the temp to your pre-set ECO temp to help you save money. I hope that helps, if not, let me know and I'll try to elaborate more.

[@TheTCOLL]

Is there any way to just turn on one of two schedules without having to schedule it for the week. eg. On day heat comes on at 4am another schedule having it come on at 9am? I work a rotating schedule.

[@user-xz5do7np6l]

When I change the temp on the nest by just a degree or two it responds "in 2 hours" or something like that. Does that mean it takes the house 2 hours to get to that degree?

[@ciprigeorgiu]

When you set a temperature using the program at a specific hours, will it keep that temperature at the setpoint until the next change of temperature in the schedule. (if I set 68 at 8 am and 60 at 2 pm will it keep 68 between 8 and 2 and then keep 60 between 2 pm and 8 am next morning)? Thank you

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Yes, the 68 temp you set at 8am will keep until the 60 temp becomes the new set temp at 2pm. The 60 temp will hold until the next scheduled temp, in your case 68 degrees at 8am the next morning.

[@ciprigeorgiu]

@@SmartHomeMojo thank you for the clarification.

[@bertcanepa5651]

Addition to my recent comment: I like to turn off the device (system) at night whether it is in "cool" or "heat" mode. Sometimes moving between menus works (after I found out about "pushing" on the ring then using the "dial" to move within the menu) and sometimes it doesn't ....Again very frustrating!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Yes, 'pushing' in on the ring is how you select the choices for each of the settings on the Nest Thermostat. It becomes second nature the more you live with the device. I use the App on my smartphone to do all (most) the controlling.

[@MunnaBhai187]

How do I set it up to where it only comes on from like 8pm-8am..? Or just in the morning from 7a-9a...?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

This video covered the heating & cooling setting. You can set schedules for heating or just for cooling as well. You can set heat to 78 at 7am and then back down to 72 at 9am in the schedule. Send another reply if I didn't understand the question.

[@crystalmoore2813]

Smart Home Mojo if my peak hours are 3pm to 8pm and I set my thermostat to 70 at 8 pm it will maintain 70 until the following day at 245pm when I have the air bumped to 75?

[@VicInCommentSection]

Nest Thermostat (3rd Gen): When scheduling, how do I have it be at 72 degrees from 8am to 9am, and off for the other 23 hours of each day?

[@anthonyjohnson7537]

I dont think we have this in uk would ideal

[@briancloutier2781]

Is currently have mine set to go down to 63 at 10 pm and 68 at 5:45 am. Would it be better to have it go to say to 65 at 3 am so my furnace does not have to work so hard to get to 68 at 5:45 am? I have a gas forced air furnace. Thanks, Brian in MI

[@SmartHomeMojo]

That's not a bad idea at all. Instead of picking a temp and having it run longer to hit a targeted higher temp, plan a gradual temp increase.

[@briancloutier2781]

@@SmartHomeMojo Thanks for your help here! I will make an adjustment in my schedule and let you know how it goes.

[@RobertoRamirez-lp9wl]

I want to schedule my AC @69 between 12am-6am, have it shut off, then between 2pm-5pm @72 then shut off, how can I schedule to make sure it shuts off between those times I don’t want it on? Also when I put either AC or Heat is it Auto or On? Thanks

[@SmartHomeMojo]

If you turn the Home/Away Assist feature on and set a higher temp in between schedules that might work. I'm not sure you can program your Nest to turn off in between scheduled times. With Home/Away Assist you can program a higher temp when the Nest senses that you are Away from your home. Does that make sense?

[@Scottlp2]

Over-riding the schedule by manual adjustment of temp on app or nest itself changes temp for like 5 min before it reverts to the schedule. There must be a better solution.

[@miker7777]

what does it mean to have multiple temp dots on the same day? is it start and finish? thanks!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

There are multiple 'modes' to your Nest Thermostat. You can run it on just heat, just cool or a combo of heat & cool. I use the heat/cool option during the month(s) or so that it's transitioning seasons (fall & spring) where I might you a bit of heat and/or cool in the same day. When you have it on the heat/cool mode it gives you both a heat & cool temperature to set. Otherwise, if you programmed the Nest for heat your would get only orange dots and cool only blue dots. Hope that helps.

[@Sasoes1]

@@SmartHomeMojo I think Mike has the same question I have. Say we set our schedule up for our degrees. Once the thermostat reaches said degrees will it turn off, then when our next scheduled time comes up will the nest kick the unit on and turn it off?

[@bonniekuncl4770]

Yes by doing that you are setting the temps you want at the chosen times. Ie I have it set for 70 at 8 am and then I set it at 68 for the evening temps for bedtime at 11:00 pm. So my house warms up to 70 in morning and then cut backs to 68 for bedtime. You set other times during the day if you want to set it back while you aren’t home during the day and then heat comes on at 4:00 pm to warm my house when I get home, but then lowers temp for bedtime.

[@DJTEXASKING]

So during the times that you do not have anything scheduled the ac is off?

[@shelly3151965]

Hey there is the fan supposed to be running when the heat is on and is the furnace supposed to be running all day I have it set at 69. Thanks

[@someperson4712]

Idk what you mean? The fan will auto set a lot of the times without heat. Idk why your heat is on all day, how big is your house, and are there any windows open?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

You can go into the settings on the Nest or from your smartphone and program the fan (on/off) to run from 15 minutes up to 12 hours. Not sure if your furnace is suppose to be running all day, but if you have the Nest programmed to 69, it will kick on when the temp gets below that level. Hope that helps, if not, send another comment.

[@2mindsent]

I get the temperature adjustments, but can you schedule the thermostat to turn on and off?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Great question. Yes, you can turn off/on the Nest Thermostat either directly on the thermostat or remotely. Push in on the Nest and go to the 'mode' icon. You will have an 'off' option in their to select. To turn the thermostat back on you have to go back in and unselect 'off' to turn back on. Same instructions if you were to do this on the App on your smartphone.

[@bonniekuncl4770]

You might not want to turn off temps but lower the temps “ setting back” etc

[@Tighttracks1]

@@SmartHomeMojo right, but I think the question is can you "schedule" the thermostat to turn on/off (not just turn it on/off via the app or directly on the thermostat). I'm wondering this as well.

[@huseyinpolat3111]

Hi guys, this video explains everything except for what I am trying to learn; Can I set a minimum temperature and password protect it so that kids won't be able to drop the temperature under the limit I set?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Yes, you can set a 4-digit PIN and lock the Nest Thermostats. Just go into the App settings on your smartphone (or do this right on the Nest Thermostat dial as well. After you set the PIN, you can then set a 5-degree range on the Thermostat. On my upstairs Nest, I have it set between 72-77. No one can pick a temp out of that range unless I unlock the Nest Thermostat.

[@huseyinpolat3111]

@@SmartHomeMojo I truly appreciated your input, I didn't buy the nest thermostat yet. you are using 3rd generation I believe, do you happen to know if Nest E model also has this temperature limit option? or just 3rd generations only? thank you Mojo

[@explorer47422]

If you have created a set schedule, will the auto-schedule function still work if turned on? I.e. Would it ammend my set schedule depending if I change the set temperature? If not, and I want it to auto schedule again, do I delete my set schedule?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Great question, here's what I know. Once you create a set schedule I'm not sure how much learning the thermostat is doing as you have a pre-set schedule ongoing. If you have both a set schedule and the auto-schedule feature turned on, I think the Thermostat defaults to the set schedule, that's been my experience. If you want to use the auto-schedule feature and are running a set schedule, I would delete the set schedule and let the auto-schedule feature begin to learn your cooling and heating preferences again. I hope that helps.

[@susandurden9689]

I bought a house that has a nest thermostat.The owners don’t remember the pin. How do I reset it?

[@mariacristinacepeda7433]

Why does mine say that it's going to take like 2+ hours to get to the target temp, for example 78? And it's always running, while with my old thermostat the house would cool down fast and then the AC would turn off. I feel like it's using more energy.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Sometimes when I adjust my Nest to a new temp it does say it will take 1+ hours or even longer for it to get to the new target temp. I've noticed that isn't always the case and have times it on a few occasions - most often it's less time. Do you have the 'Fan' setting tuned on with the Nest? If the 'Fan' setting is turned on it might seem that the AC is running longer after the target temp is reached, but it's just the Fan running to keep the air circulating.

[@mlredcon]

My app was set for 8 am heat but heat did not go on until 10am. I had to reset heat to 6 am for it to go on at 8am. Why?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Are your time zone settings correct on your device? Also, which Mode are you using, the single (Heat or Cool) mode or the Heat & Cool mode?

[@dakrontu]

OK, so how do you use Copy Week and Paste Week?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

You can copy and clear days at a time, but not multiple days. On the smartphone, hold down your finger on a certain day and it will ask you to either 'copy' or 'clear day'. You can then copy that days temp settings to another day or just clear the day and enter new settings.

[@tomdaoust]

Did Google cancel my ability to reprogram my nest thermostat online? I don't mean on the tiny screen of an iPhone or worse yet on the even more limited thermostat screen. In the past I could reprogram my thermostat online on my computer. What happened?

[@MadiDaddyCO]

Can someone please explain to me the point of "copy week" on the bottom of the phone schedule screen? There doesn't appear to be a way to view any other week than the current week.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Yes, 'copy week' is pretty much a useless feature from Nest at this time since you can't look forward to schedule any future weeks. Maybe Nest Gen 4 will have scheduling functionality where we can utilize this 'copy week' feature and plan out multiple week schedules.

[@bobbyhallock1375]

After I set the schedule how do I make sure it’s going to run the schedule what setting do I use?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Depending on if you set up the schedule for Heat/Cool or Heat & Cool, the thermostat should kick in to whatever times you programmed. Just verify the schedule under each mode and then verify if the thermostat turns on/off during those times.

[@mrs.conscious]

@@SmartHomeMojo Does the thermostat have to be on for this to work?

[@chrisberardi2304]

Nest really made a mess of the manual schedule capability. Setting the time and temperature is really fiddly to do: My fingers keep adjusting the time when I’m trying to change the temperature and vice versa. Also, there is no rhyme or reason to copy a weekly schedule as there is nowhere to paste it as there is only one weekly schedule. Lastly the capability you need is to copy a day to another day and this is not obvious at all. I’ve called Nest and even they couldn’t tell me. This is by using the Nest app on a mobile device. They have not updated the mobile app and obviously haven’t listened to anyone’s suggestions in years judging by the comments! Other thermostats are much more logically implemented. You would think that the approach they use to copy a week would be how you would copy a day - but it isn’t and this fact is what is so confusing and why people cannot determine how to copy a day. As I mentioned I called Nest Help and they weren’t able to tell me how to copy a day. Obviously the Help don’t know the product and that’s after waiting days for help.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Correct, the copy a week function does not work, but the scheduling function on either smartphone or Nest itself isn't that horrible. I prefer scheduling on my iPhone using the Nest App. That option seems to be the most effective and easiest method.

[@simhaider]

I configure the schedule as shown in the video but my thermostat does not turn on through schedule. I can turn on manually. Any idea.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Are you using the Heat & Cool mode or just Heat?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Two additional things to check here. Maybe turn Home/Away Assist 'Off' and also turn Auto-Schedule 'off'. Those settings may be getting in the way of your schedule coming on.

[@simhaider]

just Heat, I UK and Ireland we only use radiator based heating system

[@nirmaltimsina3397]

How to connect in my second phone?

[@SmartHomeMojo]

I simply added the Nest App to another smartphone (my wife's) and logged in using my Nest account info. She can now control the Nest devices as well.

[@briancloutier2781]

@@SmartHomeMojo What about adding the app to an android tablet?

[@paulastokes5712]

Help my nest comes on when my house is empty.the schedule is set.

[@bertcanepa5651]

Found the biggest drawback in "instructions" is how to transition from pushing on the ring to get one screen and then having to TU RN the dial for further screens. It's very frustrating. You do not make that distinction and it is confusing. I like the Nest but the operation from the on wall device is maddening.

[@SmartHomeMojo]

The App experience on a smartphone/tablet is another way to control the Nest Thermostat. I find myself using the App about 90% of the time to control the Nest devices.

[@briancloutier2781]

The schedule app on my android is not user friendly at all!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

It took me a little bit to get used to navigating the buttons on the app to create/edit & change schedules. I think it gets easier over time, at least it did for me.

[@briancloutier2781]

@@SmartHomeMojo Same here I did however use my tablet as the bigger screen helps!

[@SmartHomeMojo]

Normally I use the thermostat or my iPhone to control the Nest settings. I just used my ipad and it seems to be easier on the larger device screen to use the scheduler.

[@mlredcon]

My cool temperature at night is 68 but the cooling goes to 64. I do not understand why

[@SmartHomeMojo]

I've experienced that the Nest sometimes heats or cools to +1 degree, but never more than that. Sometimes I cool down to 68 and it stops at 67, but never more than that.

[@mlredcon]

Thank you for looking at my comments. On answer to your questions, my thermostat is in heat mode. How do u check time zones?

[@andreluiscamposdeoliviera6654]

No one explain how you schedule it to turn off 🤯

[@hannespardo4832]

This app is a literal giant piece of shit, looks like something invented in the 80's. Thank you for this video, great work, they don't show this piece of shit in the app