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Nest Thermostat Batteries LOW on a new ORBI AX setup
I have a brand new ORBI AX wifi setup (RBR850 and 2 satellites) that i got configured and updated to the latest firmware (V3.2.15.25) about 10:00 last night with all nodes up to the version with a bi...
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Only thing I found was that with mine, being so close to the RBR, 5 feet, was having problems with the NEST. I found that when I moved the RBR away from the one NEST controller, 20-25 feet, the NEST controller started working with out draining the battery. Also was said that this is also a NEST controller issue as well that NEST needs to fix it on there side as these controllers ping pong back and forth on there own when there is more than 1 signal source in play, i.e. RBR and 1 or 2 RBS. Its also recommemeded to install the C power wire to your NEST from the main central AC system to help avoid the battery draining. You'll need to consult your systems mfr wiring diagram to find out which connection that is.
Exactly! Perhaps the Nest somehow loses voltage when it's competing with the umpteen other devices on the main SSID, so the separate SSID (albeit still on the Orbi AX) solves the problem? Who knows.
Good luck. Let us know if it works for you...
Yes thats whats happening as was explained to me. For some reason, NEST can't lock on 1 signal, seems to get confused by all the different singals coming from the RBR and or RBS. I guess being too close to the RBR or RBS doesn't help either. Part of this problem lays at the feet of Google too.
- I put my Nest on the guest WiFi as someone previously suggested and 2 days later it hasn’t disconnected. This may have solved the problem!
Booya wrote:
I put my Nest on the guest WiFi as someone previously suggested and 2 days later it hasn’t disconnected. This may have solved the problem!I'm definitely going to have to try that!
I'll try that as well though it would consider it a work around and not a solution.
- I’ll take a work around until the real problem is fixed since this is a relatively least work involved. Let me know how it works out for you. The Nest thermometer battery voltage has held steady and doesn't show any
voltage drop.
- I tried this. Moved over to guest network and for the first time since I installed my Orbi mesh they are fully charged.
- I didn’t move any of my equipment to clarify. I have previously charged them and they would always die no matter what I tried. I created the guest network with a different SSID and as of this morning they for the first time are fully charged in their own. Both are at 3.85. So far so good and this is a super easy fix. Hope this helps someone and I’ll update it they die again. But again no addition power supply, didn’t move my RBR or RBS all I did what change to the guest with a new SSID for just the thermostats.