Steve and I installed two Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm from nest.com, and thought you might enjoy a visual guide to how it’s done.
NOTE: Do NOT try this if you’re not already comfortable with identifying the correct circuit breaker and how to ensure that you won’t get electrocuted! If you’re not comfortable with this – hire a professional or ask your mom to help you!
01 Revealed wires from old smoke detector
02 New wiring harness
03 Steve setting up voltmeter (safety first)
04 Voltmeter connected to house wiring
05 Steve monitoring voltmeter
06 Turning off the circuit breaker
07 Confirmation electricity is not flowing
08 Stripped portion of the cable wos originally too short
09 Connecting new cable harness with wire nuts
10 Buzzy monitoring the operation
11 New wire harness in place
12 New faceplate
13 Supplied mounting screws excessively long so we used original screws
14 Electric drill to start the original mounting screws bayonet side down
15 Switched to manual screwdriver as plate was very thin
16 Underside of nest showing bayonet mounting holes and connector port
17 Nest bayonet mounting holes visible and connector attached
18 Constantly bumping the button caused the Nest to keep trying to test
19 Blue light after successful test
