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Mark M

Mark M

Mark M

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I currently have one of the round dial type thermostats downstairs in the hallway and a control unit upstairs next to the hot water tank which allows you to set basic timed programmes for the hot water and central heating.

Can the rotary dial thermostat be replaced with a newer digital thermostat that can be programmed to have different temperatures at different times etc? I previously had a Honeywell one at my previous house that had a combi but this house has a separate boiler and hot water tank although not sure if that makes any difference?

Could one of these smart thermostats be fitted or are they a waste of time/money?

Thanks.
 
it depends on the cable that you have going to the rotary dial. Loosen it off the wall and if you have 3 cores + earth, then you will be fine to have any thermostat you want.
 
Thanks, I should have also added that I dont really want the thermostat mounted where it is currently as its always cold and everywhere else gets really hot!

If I got a wireless one I would just want it in the living room really.
 
If you want a wireless one, you just wire up the communication box next to the boiler and thats it. You can then stand/hang the actual wireless stat anywhere you like.

Just put a blanking plate over the hole on the wall where the old wired stat was.
 
Ah excellent thanks.

I am getting the hallway redecorated next week so can I remove the current thermostat so the decorator can fill the hole etc and then add the new thermostat in after that?

What will control the heating of the temperature? Can it just be set to be "on" and not worry about the thermostat for a week or 2?

Edit - or can the thermostat be traced back to the boiler and just attached closed to there for a bit?
 
I looked at this last week. It was cheaper to have British Gas fit a Hive system than replace the existing Honeywell programmer and stat myself. You gain all the fancy wifi controls too which is pretty awesome.
 
Although these new fancy thermostats are wireless, they still need power to charge. So that can either be through a cradle that plugs into the socket, or a wall mounted that's perm fed.
 
No experience of Nest but had a Hive fitted today (£99) - already think it's awesome. Obviously need to experience it for longer before final judgment, but the geek side of me is having a nerd'gasm over it - it's all I've been playing around with all afternoon!
 
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would a Hive work with a boiler + Thermal Store combo ?

only control we have is a single "notches on a spinning clock" timer on thermal store, and a normal thermostat downstairs

I'm assuming if a Hive etc was fitted the thermal store timer control would just be sent to perma on - and then instead of just the thermostat controlling with temp it would be the hive controlling time and heat ?
 
amigafan2003 said:
No experience of Nest but had a Hive fitted today (£99) - already think it's awesome. Obviously need to experience it for longer before final judgment, but the geek side of me is having a nerd'gasm over it - it's all I've been playing around with all afternoon!
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how did you get it for this price amigafan?
 
clocka said:
how did you get it for this price amigafan?
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I have HomeCare 100 and called then out for the boiler not firing consistently. Turns out the wireless thermostat just needed batteries (even though the battery light indictaor wasn't on) so when the engineer found out I like the Hive he put it through as "faulty contrl unit upgrade" for £99 - I've already sold the old wirelss stat.control on ebay for £50 - happy days :-)
 
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