Just to add a little closure to this, I've now installed a tado thermostat and I think I'll stick with that platform for now. Get peace of mind knowing that, as long as you subscribe to our Hive Heating Plus service, your Hive heating products are covered for the long-term. Got a new hive thermostat yesterday as well, and somewhat confused to find it won’t stand up by itself cos of little sticky out bit at the bottom.

Helpfully, the developer gave us absolutely no info on the controls so I've had to do a bit digging myself. It helps you reduce your bills, monitor your heating efficiency 24/7 and lower your carbon footprint. Boiler IQ is a device that continuously monitors your boiler 24/7 and alerts you when your boiler fails to produce heat or hot water. I fitted my first hive a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was the most stupid thing to fit in the world, absolutely no instructions in any of the three things you have to fit.We don't offer pro installation on oil boilers so we recommend contacting an OFTEC-qualified engineer to install the thermostat. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . I don't care about the temperature on the hall when I'm spending the rest of the evening sat in the lounge. Key lesson for me was the connectivity back to the router and the short range requiring the (dedicated) signal booster.

It's probably not entirely the purpose of the Hive, but it works really well like that for us and our heating bills aren't too bad. Please note that we don't offer pro installation on oil boilers so we recommend that you purchase self install and contact an OFTEC-qualified engineer to install the thermostat.Not true, its only single core green/yellows that can't be used as a live connector, and earth in a multicore flex is fine to use for something else as long as its flagged up the appropriate colour. Yes, preferably at the other end to the thermostat so that there are no redundant live wires floating around. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. And since it packs all its features into the Hive app, it’s smaller than our original Hive Thermostat too. However, the thermostat doesn’t work with storage heaters or individual plug-in electric room heaters.

During this time, we’ll learn how your home heats up and cools down and how the boiler consumes gas for space heating. But when I take it off the wall the back is left attached to the wall and the batteries are exposed so not very aesthetic or functional. We’ll provide you with personal suggestions to improve efficiency and help you achieve your savings goals. I have no familiarity with the mounting backplate of these things, it's it a standard that's shared across platforms? AIEVE Stand for Hive Thermostat,Stands Holder Mounting Bracket Accessories Compatible with Hive Active Heating Thermostat,Replace of Wall Mount(White) https://www.Depends what A and B go to in the boiler, the twin channel will only output 230V to the heating on terminal and if the grey and earth wires go to the 24V bus in the boiler bad and expensive things will happen to it.