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Re: [RFI] Nest Thermostat

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Nest Thermostat
From: James Chaggaris <jimc@pwrone.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:49:25 -0600
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Had a Nest (Ver 2) at my old QTH and never had an issue with RF even when
running full power.  Tower was about 50' away and I also had a windom
running over the house.

73,

Jim N9WW

James Chaggaris
President
PowerOne Corp./PowerOne Environmental
2325 Dean St. Suite 200
St. Charles, IL 60175
Phn: 630.443.6500
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Website: www.pwrone.com <http://www.pwrone.com/>
 







On 12/3/13 2:22 PM, "David Cole" <dave@nk7z.net> wrote:

>Well...  That crosses off a Nest Thermostat from my list of cool geeky
>things to own...  I had actually been thinking about one...
>-- 
>Thanks and 73's,
>For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
>www.nk7z.net
>for MixW support see;
>http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
>for Dopplergram information see:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
>for MM-SSTV see:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
>
>
>
>On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 15:15 -0500, Larry Bryan wrote:
>> Problem is they refuse to send another base and without it, the stat
>> won't work. 
>> 
>> 73
>> Larry - W8LIG
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM, David Cole <dave@nk7z.net> wrote:
>>         If it were mine, I would bypass it for RF.  A call to Nest
>>         letting them
>>         know it is living in a high RF environment might be in
>>         order...
>>         
>>         Also, you might want to run some exposure calculations as
>>         well...  :)
>>         
>>         
>>         
>>         
>>         --
>>         Thanks and 73's,
>>         For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
>>         www.nk7z.net
>>         for MixW support see;
>>         http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
>>         for Dopplergram information see:
>>         http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
>>         for MM-SSTV see:
>>         http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
>>         
>>         
>>         
>>         On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 13:09 -0500, Larry Bryan wrote:
>>         > I bought a NEST programmable thermostat in 2012 so I could
>>         monitor the
>>         > house while in Florida. It's worked very well until last
>>         month. I was
>>         > working 40m and after I was done, the wife wanted to know
>>         why the HVAC was
>>         > running and cold air coming out of the floor vents. I
>>         investigated and
>>         > found that both the AC and Heat was running and the
>>         thermostat was showing
>>         > the wrong temperature.
>>         >
>>         > Calling NEST the next day, I was informed that the base of
>>         the thermostat
>>         > has fusing and the fuse was blown. NEST sent a replacement
>>         base and after
>>         > installation, it was working again.
>>         >
>>         > Again last night while working a DXpedition on CW, I shut
>>         down and walked
>>         > into the family room to find the same thing had happened. My
>>         SteppIR is on
>>         > a tower directly adjacent to the house and it was raised to
>>         about 35 feet.
>>         >
>>         > So I'm looking for suggestions on how I can reduce the RF
>>         getting into the
>>         > thermostat. Obviously going back to an analog thermostat is
>>         a solution but
>>         > would like to make that the final solution if possible.
>>         > 73
>>         > Larry - W8LIG
>>         
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