It would be cool for things like this to ship with a dumb backup that can be easily replace if/when catastrophic failure occurs
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Re: Tell HN: Nest Software Update Failed and Now We're Freezing
#12It would be cool for things like this to ship with a dumb backup that can be easily replace if/when catastrophic failure occurs
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Re: Tell HN: Nest Software Update Failed and Now We're Freezing
#13Having had this happen with at least two plain ol' thermostats, my fix for those was to go down to Lowes, pick up a $10 thermostat until I'd gotten my more expensive models repaired. I'm not personally familiar with the Nest, but is there some change to the architecture that precludes you from doing that as a stopgap?
No, it's just a normal thermostat, snaps on to a back plate with the same wires as they all do. You can swap your old thermostat back on in minutes.
Re: Tell HN: Nest Software Update Failed and Now We're Freezing
#14It would be cool for things like this to ship with a dumb backup that can be easily replace if/when catastrophic failure occurs
I feel like that wouldn't send a great message about the quality of the product.It would probably be better for Nest if they had some sort of reliable failsafe you could easily access to make it much dumber.
Re: Tell HN: Nest Software Update Failed and Now We're Freezing
#15It would be cool for things like this to ship with a dumb backup that can be easily replace if/when catastrophic failure occurs
I feel like that wouldn't send a great message about the quality of the product.It would probably be better for Nest if they had some sort of reliable failsafe you could easily access to make it much dumber.
you are right from a marketing persepctive it would be bad . y built in failsafe would be a much better way to go.