So…we now have a Nest learning thermostat. P was fully prepared, and knew exactly what he needed to do to install the Add-A-Wire, and proceed to a flawless installation of the thermostat. He got it all done in 54 minutes, which included a lot of screwing around, trying to fit the wires into the tiny hole in the wall behind the thermostat without pulling any of them off their connections. Turned the gas back on, turned the power back on…nothing. Fuck. Okay, so check the wires. All good. That means either the Add-A-Wire doesn’t work, or the Nest is for some reason not compatible. Goddamn it, but we can just put the old one back on, and at least we won’t freeze (cold outside!) He unhooked the Add-A-Wire and put the old thermostat back on. Turned the gas back on, turned the power back on…nothing. FUCK! By this time, it was getting pretty chilly in the house, and we couldn’t think of anything except possibly a blown fuse on the control board, but it’s a 5A, and really hard to tell whether it’s blown or not. We gave up and tried to call the company that installed it, but got no answer, so he called the first one that appeared in a Google search, and got a very helpful guy, with whom he chatted for a while. Eventually, the guy mentioned the…safety switch. I’d wondered what the little black lever-looking thing was, but figured it was just some kind of latch for the front panel, and P had forgot about it entirely. So, he put the front panel back on, turned on the power, and it fired right up. I said, “I’ll bet the Nest was installed just fine,” so he decided he was willing to give it another shot. We let the house warm up for a while, then he went for Round Two. That went quickly, and this time, when he turned the power back on with the front panel in place, I saw a tiny green light, and then a little house appeared on the screen. HALLELUJAH! Setup went fine, though using the dial keyboard made me wish our wifi password was “abcd” (it’s not), but after I finally got that entered, everything was fine. I like Farsight, and I like that it turns the screen on when I walk by; it feels like it’s saying, “Hi there–I’m doing my job!” P likes it, too, and though I did have a little glitch with my phone location (not sure why…the auto-off for wifi that I have set in Android Auto?) this morning, I was able to turn it onto Eco mode from work, so that’s no big deal. I added the Nest to my “Bedtime” routine, too, which was about 75% of the reason I wanted one; I don’t have to get into bed, get all comfortable, and realize I forgot to turn the thermostat down. P turned it up this morning while he was still in bed, and he seems to like it. Given how little he cares about smart home technology (or any technology these days), I’m glad he does. So far, so good, but we’re holding on to the old thermostat, just in case the Nest decides to crap out on us.

I guess Miffy doesn’t care about it one way or another…or does he?