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idiosyncratic · 09-11-2013, 17:55

We've just had a 'Hive' smart thermostat installed.

The best thing about it is that it now allows us to have different settings for weekdays & weekends.

On weekdays it is currently set to come on at 5am to heat the house to 20° before I get up for work, then switches to 16° from 07:30 until 4:30pm when it goes back to 20° until it switches off at 10:00pm. It automatically comes on at any time if the temperature goes below 5°.

The 'smart' aspect means that, not only can the settings be altered remotely using a mobile phone app or logging into the internet, but also the temperature readings for each day can be displayed, so we can see if the settings are appropriate. For example it shows currently the 16°C setting while I'm at work is fine because the insulation is good enough to maintain the temperature above this after the warm-up in the morning.

09-11-2013, 17:55	#7
idiosyncratic Inactive Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 159	Re: How do you have your central heating set? We've just had a 'Hive' smart thermostat installed. The best thing about it is that it now allows us to have different settings for weekdays & weekends. On weekdays it is currently set to come on at 5am to heat the house to 20° before I get up for work, then switches to 16° from 07:30 until 4:30pm when it goes back to 20° until it switches off at 10:00pm. It automatically comes on at any time if the temperature goes below 5°. The 'smart' aspect means that, not only can the settings be altered remotely using a mobile phone app or logging into the internet, but also the temperature readings for each day can be displayed, so we can see if the settings are appropriate. For example it shows currently the 16°C setting while I'm at work is fine because the insulation is good enough to maintain the temperature above this after the warm-up in the morning.