Remote control heating

bouicca21

Update

The company that service my boiler have quoted £320.99 to supply and fit a 3rd generation Nest. Their price for the Nest ex VAT is roughly the same as Screwfix inc VAT, so there is a potential saving if I buy a Nest and just get them to fit it.

British Gas have an offer on their website to supply and fix a Hive for £249.

The Nest E is cheaper but seems to come in two versions. The American one which appears to have the heat link and thermostat in a single unit and the UK one that puts the heat link in the same place as the existing thermostat and then has a separate thermostat to be plugged into the mains.

I'd need to check for compatibility but I think that I could fit a Nest E myself. I far prefer the American version - why don't they do that one here? I'd wait if I thought it was on its way.

benjus

I'm no expert on this subject but I believe that most American heating systems use low voltage switching to control the heating while most UK setups use mains voltage. This may be why they decided to keep the heat link approach for the European version.

bouicca21

Ta. I wondered if it was something to do with voltage.

Pinnypinpin

I'm trying to get my head round this remote control heating business, but I'm struggling. I'm posting on this thread, as you lot seem quite switched on (sorry).
I need to put something in place in a holiday lodge that I can control remotely. The park has wifi, but there's no hub in the lodge itself.
I'm hopeless with things like this, but if you wanted a mural painting, I'm your girl. :rotfl:

bob_a_builder

No requirement for a hub as such in the lodge as long as you can connect to the internet via the wi-fi with just an SSID (wi-fi) name and its password, it should be OK

But if you have to 1st connect to the wi-fi and then complete the wifi-sign in via browser, I think that would be a problem

(Talking about Nest E)

J_B

bob_a_builder wrote: »

No requirement for a hub as such in the lodge as long as you can connect to the internet via the wi-fi with just an SSID (wi-fi) name and its password, it should be OK

But if you have to 1st connect to the wi-fi and then complete the wifi-sign in via browser, I think that would be a problem

(Talking about Nest E)

Our Hive system need to be 'plugged in' - not wifi

getmore4less

Pinnypinpin wrote: »

I'm trying to get my head round this remote control heating business, but I'm struggling. I'm posting on this thread, as you lot seem quite switched on (sorry).
I need to put something in place in a holiday lodge that I can control remotely. The park has wifi, but there's no hub in the lodge itself.
I'm hopeless with things like this, but if you wanted a mural painting, I'm your girl. :rotfl:

Those system that require a hardwired connection into a local network there are options that can make it wifi to connect to the park network.

There are simple solutions.
an example of one that can work with wifi

Drayton wiser system from about £110
here is the manual
https://www.draytoncontrols.co.uk/sites/default/files/06490245001%20IssF%20Final.pdf

others are available.

If you read the manuals for a few systems you will get an idea of how this stuff works, and understand things like channels/zones and how the wireless parts of the systems work.

notbritishgas

malky39 wrote: »

If you have any British Gas products e.g Homecare,gas or electric and sign up for british gas reward you can get the Hive fitted for £125 and a free amazon echo dot

Took advantage of this offer on 19th Nov, Hive installed OK one week later.
But have not yet received the free Echo Dot so not quite what it seems.