Unpopular opinion: That fancy smart thermostat killed my furnace

So my Nest thermostat went haywire two weeks ago here in Phoenix. It kept cycling my HVAC on and off every 5 minutes instead of running full cycles. Called a buddy who does HVAC and he said the constant short cycling burnt out my compressor. Cost me $900 to replace. On one hand I saved maybe $50 a year on electric bills, but on the other hand it wrecked a 6 year old unit. Anyone else have a smart home gadget do more harm than good?

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taylor.phoenix4d ago

Did the Nest support team help you at all when it started acting up?

jamieperez3d ago

Did the Nest support team help you" Yeah, I dealt with them a while back. Honestly, what worked for me was just resetting the whole thermostat and reconnecting it to the app. Seemed to fix the weird glitches.