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      07-15-2018, 11:38 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by WingZeroX5 View Post
Nest has an internal battery. The C wire from your HVAC controls is tapped into a 24v supply to keep the battery charged. Remove the C wire and see what will happen in a day.
From what I can see, if you remove the C wire from your Ecobee, it won't work either. So you're hardly arguing a major benefit here - they're identical, but perhaps the Ecobee doesn't have the backup battery - it just dies without the C wire?
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