Enter to Win a Nest Gen 3 Thermostat and Smoke Detector Combo

It's time to have some summer fun with HELP!! Air Conditioning and Heating.  

Here's how to win our Social Media Contest! Visit our Facebook Page, Instagram, or Twitter and Submit Your Best Headline between now and July 4, 2018.  Make sure you use the hashtag #HELPNest so we can find your entry.

Our service technicians will choose the winner of a Nest Gen 3 Thermostat & Nest Smoke Detector Combo, installed at no charge by HELP! Air Conditioning (a $700+ Value).

2018 Nest Giveaway Rules

• Enter through July 4^th, 2018.
• Winner will be picked by Help Air Conditioning Technicians.
• Winner to be announced Tuesday July 10, 2018
• One caption per person (nothing vulgar).
• Installation is within our service area only
• Installation includes new low voltage wires if needed.
• You do not need to tag yourself or share this contest to be eligible to win.  We do encourage sharing only to help more people have the opportunity to win but it is not a requirement to win.
• Must own the home the device is being installed.
• Winner cannot pick up and install the Nest devices themselves.
• Help!! Air Conditioning & Heating employees and their immediate families are not eligible to win.

WiFi Thermostats in NOLA - Oh Yeah!

WiFi Thermostats are pretty standard in new homes. But what if you have an older home? We can hook you up for sure.

Why get a WiFi Thermostat?

 Don't love that car commercial where the couple is on a beach and she asks the man if he locked the car, and he hits an app on his phone and the car is locked from the beach he is on. Well with a Wifi Thermostat, you can monitor and change the temperature of your house from anywhere, even while sipping drinks on a beach. Why would you want to do that?

Beach on #Nevis island in March 2014. Missing it on this #TravelTuesday! pic.twitter.com/Lpc3yxylzI

— NolaDeLisle (@NolaDeLisle) January 10, 2017

Well suppose you and your wife leave your kids alone for an extended weekend with your mom, whilst you two of you celebrate your 15th wedding anniversary(congratulations by the way) on a beach like the one in the Tweet above. You know your mom and the kids are not thinking about it, but you check and the heat is cranked up and no one is home. From the beach you can lower it down and save your self a little bit of dinero.

Additionally, a WiFi thermostat which is a smart thermostat, are programmable, so you  would be able to set it to adjust during the day when the kids are at school.

What if you don't have kids?

Wells say you two are coming back from an island vacation? The weather at home in NOLA is quite chilly compared to the 90 degree island weather you have been enjoying and you don't want to arrive at a chilly abode.
Solution: Since you have a WiFi thermostat, an hour or so before you get home, hit the app on your phone to be sure your house is toasty warm upon your entry.

Can You See Yourself in either of these Scenarios

If you don't have a WiFi thermostat and you are in the greater NOLA area, and you definitely see yourself in one of these situations, give us a call and we will help you out.

The Connected Home

This is the new rage in home ownership. Being able to turn lights on and off, lock your doors, view your house with cameras inside and out and the best option is to control your air conditioning and heating  system.

Cox Communications, ATT&T, Google, Amazon and the list goes on and on of people and companies vying for you to use their products and options. You can find a myriad list of products at Home Depot, Lowes, Amazon Prime, Best Buy and almost any retailer you walk into. You no longer have to do full on home automation when you have all these Wi-Fi capable products that you can use with virtually no monthly fees.

Now the big question comes to mind.  How do you decide what and who’s options and products you want use?  First you need to start with a list of what is your highest priority to get done first.  Start by making a list of what’s most important and what benefits you get from each item.  Also don’t forget to list the true benefits of each.  Below is something I started to put together while looking at automating my own house.

Item I want	Reason	Benefits
Lighting	Kids leave all the lights on	Save on my electrical bill/safety
Cameras	Car was broken into in driveway	Safety
Thermostat	I forget to raise temp when I leave	Can changed temp when I forget
Home Assistant	Because it’s cool	No benefits, I just like it
Door locks	Don’t have to use keys when drunk	Kids can’t lose their keys
Wireless Audio	Don’t have to get up to change music	Another cool item to have

The one thing I would note here is for the Wi-Fi thermostat.  I would pay the extra and get this from your air conditioning and heating company.  They will be responsible for the warranty if anything ever happens to it.  Otherwise you have to send it back and wait for another one, not much fun in August.  Make your list, do your homework and enjoy thinking of the many things you can do with each item.  You’ll also be the envy of all your friends.

Looking for MoreWifi Thermostat Info

You can visit the Wifi Thermostat page or the Visually Impaired Thermostat page on our site