First – Why is lost one star. It just a piece of plastic with NO stiffening ribs to keep the edges against the wall when attached (e.g. lifting edges). For this price, I would have expected thicker plastic or stiffening ribs on the back side.
Kudo’s to the product description – finding a cover plate for this strange Nest thermostat was made easer since they included the secret model number in the description, GA01334-US in my case. Nowhere on my Nest box uses the term “Nest Thermostat 2020”. Check out WIKI – they don’t call it that either.
Now my rant on the whole process – I had an older nest thermostat that Google decided to make obsolete by turning off all phone / web control of the device. So I got this one from my utility company. Turns out that this one needed a 4th wire to run – so I had to pay some bucks to get that done. So much for and “easy installation”.
My wire is run to a metal junction box, and only 1 of the holes can be aligned with the nest unit, the other holes just go inside junction – so nothing to grip. My original Nest (well built) and came with a plate that I could attach (multiple ways) to the wall and / or box.
This whole Nest setup is a major downgrade. One star to Google
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