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You can turn on the fan of your heating or cooling system immediately, for a few minutes every hour, or for a certain period of time every day.

When Auto-Schedule is turned on, Nest adds setpoints and changes temperatures on your schedule based on your temperature adjustments. If you have a regular schedule, it works great. But Auto-Schedule may not make sense if you have an unpredictable schedule or are using Nest in a vacation home. If that’s the case, you may want to turn off Auto-Schedule and manually program a schedule that Nest will never change.

In some homes, the presence of pets may end Auto-Away mode before users have returned home. Whether or not pets affect Auto-Away depends on Nest’s location in the home and the size of the pet(s).

Once you have created your Nest Account and paired it with at least one Nest Learning Thermostat, you can add additional Nests to your account. You can add Nests that are in the same home, or create a second Location and add them there.

Heat • Cool will create a schedule that will switch automatically between heating and cooling keep your home within a preferred temperature range.

Removing a Nest from your Nest Account is simple. Just manage your thermostats from the Nest Web app. Here are the details.

When your Nest Learning Thermostat restarts or installs a software update, it will briefly pause heating or cooling.

Nest Energy History shows you how often, and for how long, your heating and cooling system runs so that you can make smart choices about your schedule and temperature preferences. Nest Energy History can be viewed from the Nest Web app and Nest Mobile app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad or Android smartphone.

While the Nest Learning Thermostat will go into Auto-Away automatically when it senses that you're out of the house, you can also put Nest into Away mode with your Nest Account.

With Nest’s Thermostat Lock feature, you can lock the range of temperatures to which Nest can be adjusted. Thermostat Lock can be activated using a 4 digit pin number once it’s been added to the Nest Account (Wi-Fi required).

After completing setup, Nest will learn your schedule from your temperature changes. But if you like, you can manually program a schedule.

The 2nd generation Nest Learning Thermostat is compatible with most whole-home humidifier and dehumidifiers. However, professional installation is strongly recommended.

Nest is compatible with most whole home humidifier and dehumidifier systems that connect to your thermostat with one or two low voltage wires. Professional installation is recommended for these kinds of systems.

The RESET screen of the Nest Learning Thermostat SETTINGS provides 4 different reset options. This articles discusses these options, what they do, and when you might use them.

The Nest Learning Thermostat will display the temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Use the Nest Learning Thermostat to save money on your energy bill with Time of Use (TOU) pricing.

Each Nest Learning Thermostat can only be linked to one Nest Account.

Once you create a Nest Account, you'll be prompted to pair it with your Nest Learning Thermostat. By pairing Nest to a Nest Account, you'll get secure access to your Nest Learning Thermostat when you're away from home.

Here are 11 ways that you can use Nest to maximize energy savings - and minimize your utility bills. Most people can’t use all of these techniques all of the time, but even trying a few of them can have a dramatic impact on how much energy your home consumes.

Some heat pump systems include a feature called Emergency Heat, which is a heat source typically activated by a manual switch or button on the thermostat and can be used if the primary heating system isn’t functioning. Learn more about how the 2nd generation Nest Learning Thermostat controls Emergency Heat below.