I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
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I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
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Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#2They will, once they feel that their thermostat is satisfactory enough.
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#3This seems like kind of a silly. The Ubuntu panel he shows there is simple because programmers have hidden all the complexity. Whoever installed the sprinkler system hid the complexity too - they closed the door on the sprinkler control panel. If you wanted it to be simple, you should have left the door closed. You don't need to adjust it. It should have been programmed by the installer to account for seasonal rainfall. Day-to-day rain does not matter at all to your sprinkler programming.
If you want to poke around (literally) under the hood, you don't get to complain about complexity.
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#4I have used those exact sprinkler system controls and can attest that they are absolutely terrible.
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#5Nest folks, once you are happy with your thermostat product please pivot to water heaters. There is no reason why I heat the water in the tank up throughout the night. I think that my household demand for hot water is fairly predictable with spikes in the morning for showering and in the evening for dishes and laundry.
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#6"For bonus points it would also check Google Maps and compare how green my lawn is to my neighbors"
How's that going to work when the imagery isn't real time?
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#7Nest folks, once you are happy with your thermostat product please pivot to water heaters. There is no reason why I heat the water in the tank up throughout the night. I think that my household demand for hot water is fairly predictable with spikes in the morning for showering and in the evening for dishes and laundry.
Have you thought about switching to a tankless hot water system?
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#8This seems like kind of a silly. The Ubuntu panel he shows there is simple because programmers have hidden all the complexity. Whoever installed the sprinkler system hid the complexity too - they closed the door on the sprinkler control panel. If you wanted it to be simple, you should have left the door closed. You don't need to adjust it. It should have been programmed by the installer to account for seasonal rainfa…
But the point is it shouldn't feel like you are going "under the hood" to simply change sprinkler schedule. We still INTERACT with Nest without the need to go under the hood. If you simply "closed the door of sprinkler", you can't interact with it. Nest hides the complexity and provides simple interface for the user.
Re: I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats
#9Nest folks, once you are happy with your thermostat product please pivot to water heaters. There is no reason why I heat the water in the tank up throughout the night. I think that my household demand for hot water is fairly predictable with spikes in the morning for showering and in the evening for dishes and laundry.
In general, there's a good reason for heating the water overnight: electricity is often cheaper at night, and (on a national level) it means that electricity demand is spread more evenly over the whole 24 hours.
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#10Glad to hear Nest is still around. Last I heard, they were getting the thermonuclear treatment from Honeywell's patent attorneys. Was that resolved recently?