Thank you for this video. I was struggling with the hive install as it wasn't clear whether I exchanged the old wireless thermostat or the whole programmer for the hive receiver; you made that clear from the start which was great. The second crucial point you made was the small wiring change in the wiring centre. None of this is mentioned in the instructions so once again thank you so much for sharing this info....Adam
This is the only video I have seen that explains the wiring centre! I was struggling so much with that,but thanks to your video it now works! Thank you so much!
Finally got mine installed. Called hive as thought I messed up. No matter what the hot water boost button would not work on thermostat or in the app. Ended up a faulty thermostat. It was programmed as a single channel when it was meant to be dual. Screw fix exchanged came back with another and high presto it worked. I could now work for hive after my install ha
Thanks for another great video to compliment your nest installs, I do agree with a previous comment about joining the wires together with a connector at the thermostat end which could be pushed back into the hole in the wall if you are going to position the hive in the same position. This would then leave all the wiring in place should you ever want to go back to a wired set up.
Hi, I have just purchased and fitted a dual channel HIVE system for my oil fired central heating and it is almost working 100%....but there was no wire behind my old analogue Honeywell controller for water....just 3 wires...L N and the common for live transfer so in effect if I hit the hot water option it just comes on at the switch as I can't heat water separately and never could unless it was the immersion in the hot press. Does this system require additional wiring to the receiver to turn on the immersion? Otherwise am I right in saying that the water option only is redundant? Hope all that makes sense. So when I turn on the heating the oil burner fires up outside and heats both radiators and water simultaneously but I just don’t see anyway of heating water separately with only 3 wires at the controller. Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Have a question in hive multi zone I stallation I am replacing Danfoss TP9000 Programmer Danfoss TP5000SI Danfoss TS2 Sensor I have 2 zones upstairs and downstairs Downstairs was straightforward as the Danfoss TS2 Sensor linked directly to the Danfoss TP9000 Programmer, so all I needed to do was disconnect it and replicate all the other wires in the hive and it works perfectly However the second zone uses the Danfoss TP5000SI and there is no power connected, so I therefore have no power for the hive multi zone reviever Question is where should I get the power from? Will this have to be routed from the boiler control box? Or can this run off a mains or lighting circuit? And I presume I will need a 3 amp spur switch like the main unit?
I have just purchased a new hive hot water/central heating controller with hub & thermostat. Do I need to remove the old manual thermostat? If I wanted to remove it should I just disconnect the wires and terminate them safely? If I do terminate them do I then need to go to the old main controller and disconnect the same coloured wires? I currently have a a Drayton controller and the back box connectors look the same. Does this mean that I can just slot in the new hive controller as it is a 6 pin fitting. I am relatively proficient with electrics but have never installed a wireless system. Thanks
Have a Hive 2, My stat's button has stopped being able to be pushed to select anything. Everything works from the app, I just cant use the dial to select anything the left right turning works. If I want to move it to another property will that still be possible or do I need the push button to work? In that property I dont need to be able tp push it just use the app. Whereas I will get a new one for here. Any advice from someone thats done the installation recently on this stat with the big round push button appreciated, thanks
If I have hive fitted to a hot water and heating system and replace the boiler for a combi, will that hive system work still or would I need to replace for the heating only version?
Great video. Seems simple enough but I don’t have a thermostat at all. That’s the reason I’m getting one of these. Do I simply need to replace the old control unit with the hub and then just instal the WiFi thermostat. It seems to me to be a simpler installation for me because I don’t need to remove a thermostat. Please advise me.
Thank you for the video. Can I remove the hallway thermostat cable completely and insert a wire link between the terminals from which the brown and black cable has just been removed, so that they are electrically joined together.
Great video, very easy to understand, please could you make a similar video for Hive multi-zone, eg. Hot Water, multiple CH zones and Underfloor Heating. thanks!
Question. My main control unit has 2 extra wires for remote sensor, they are the same colour as the thermostat so does this mean I don’t need to change any wires in the big wiring box?
These will be connected to terminals 5&6 in your existing receiver for the remote sensor ! These will not longer be needed so can be left disconnected ! You wont need to change anything in the central wiring system.
I am looking at installing Hive but I appear to have an older heating system that does not have an existing programmer, it instead has only a spur which runs direct into the boiler, the temp is then controlled by the radiator TRV's How easy is it to install the programmer on my system ? Assume it could be bridged between the spur and my boiler ?
I have a Hive installed like you showed currently but want to switch to Nest. I tried mimicking the same wiring for a Nest receiver for my system boiler but it didn’t work, so I had to connect the Hive back up. Is there any additional steps needed when switching from a Hive system boiler setup to a Nest system boiler setup? Thanks!
So the old programmer was only firing up the boiler on cylinder stat demand as the room stat wires were connected to the common of the programmer? How was the hot water demand separated from the heating demand, how can the zone valves not open each other and give all the time heating and hot water at th3 sake time?
My system has a wireless thermostat controlled by a honeywell r6660d, would the process be the same with the call for heat wires and then eliminate all other wires from the Honeywell box ?
Great video , I have a question can I fix hive with old storage system running with system boiler with only one diverter valve fixed close to the tank .Thanks
Can you help please. Since installing, heating works fine but hot water cylinder just continues heating, the cylinder thermostat seems to have stopped working. With hot water on all the time should the cylinder stat kick in and override hive?
Hi I have always been watching you videos they r really helpful Thank u so much I am an apprentice and I want to wire a hive on s plan There are 4 motorized valves . Hot water. Heating. Towel rail.and underfloor heating Could u guide me a little bet on how to wire them thanks
Great Video, well explained with good wiring references. I have a qeuestion: my system has a Standard Hot Water Circuit (with a 3-port Honeywell Valve) and TWO Heating Circuits (Downstairs & Upstairs) that each drive an ON/OFF Valve for the respective area. Would you be kind enough and add any comments of what extra changes I need to do to convert over fully to Hive Smart Heating. Oh! I should I add that there are also TWO Thermostats (one downstairs for the Downstairs Heating, and one upstairs for the Upstairs Heating). Thank you!
Hello, I am getting constant hot water from my new system boiler which I don't need. Why then has the Hive thermo got a hot water only setting which would indicate to me that I can heat the water up only when I need it. This is frustrating me, can you advise please?
Hello I have a hot water cylinder/tank and can't control my temperature if I put it on programme/schedule. Any tips. This morning I had luke warm water after I had put it on schedule.
Hi mate, Spot on, did exactly as you showed as I was stuck on the day! Only thing is that I couldn't rack my brain around is that the heating works when requested but when calling for hot water, the boiler is not firing up. Any ideas ??? Replaced ideal classic with Worcester Regular. Existing S Plan with unvented cylinder. Only omitted room stat and linked brown heating valve with programmer call wire. Can't find anything on this issue of hot water not firing up!
Hi When I remove the thermostat from the control panel do I also remove the neutral from the thermostat aswell? And what do I link where the wire that it is connected to in the control panel.
Thanks for you video. I have a BG model UP2 controller which has a spur off to a BG WR1 wireless receiver. I need to replace with dual receiver as shown in this video. If I were to remove the spurred wire from the UP2 and therefore disregard the WR1, would that be the correct starting point? I only have wires in N, L, 1 & 3 in both units. I hope that makes sense👍🏽
hi great video ,iv seen a lot of videos on installing hive ,some dont make the wiring correction in the wiring conection box ,they just make sure in the modual the hw on and heating on is conected whats your thoughts on this , also i have a 2 zone house the living room has its own programer ,can i leave it there on it own , so the rest of the house on the hive thank you
Could You please tell which and how many devices do I need to System boiler with hot water tank, 2 heating zones and UFH? I'm confused with how many HIVE receivers I need....
Hi - I love your video. It has given me some confidence to self install the very same unit to my conventional OIL boiler with hot water tank that has the same controller unit as your video (except it has the double size back plate.. . Question - my current set up has as wireless analogue dial type room thermostat so apart from checking the connections on the controller back plate match up is there anything else I need to be aware of ?
Hi thanks for video it’s great, however our thermostat has 3 wires going in and out Honeywell switchboard doesn’t have any wires that are connected together they’re all individual. Can we just disconnect the stat from the wall end?
hi there thanks for a great advise and training .. i bout the hive thermostat used then i bought the hive hun used from another seller not knowing that it can only be register ones .. is there anyway deregistering the hive hub so new user can register in a new account ? any help would be great thanks
@@Will-rq9lw I just went for it and turned out to be a really easy install. Just replaced the old programmer in the boiler cupboard with the hive box and that was it.
A "Y plan" system only has 1 valve. A 3 port valve. This means the valve can either close off either end or sit mid position. If its mid position then heating and hot water are applied if it sits on one side it supplies heating and if it sits the other it supplies hot water. 3 port valves have 2 extra cores in their flex white and grey. Depending what is energised will depend on where the valve moves to.
OK I'm stupid amatuer here dumb question. If black programmer wire is only connected to brown wire from central heater valve, then how does this control the hot water valve?
@@UrbanPlumbers Hi, no sorry I gathered from the video that you used the program wire and connected it to the live of the central heater zone/valve. This made me wonder how it is able to then heat the hot water tank because that is a separate valve? Sorry if I'm thick have I missed something. You are great in the video btw, I just have concentration issues lol
Terminal 3 from programmer connects to cylinder stat and stat fires the zone valve and valve fires the boiler. Terminal 4 connects to heating zone valve directly
Hi, great video and very well explanatory. My wiring centre is a Honeywell Smartfit it has a circuit board and very few cables going in, would it be possible to install an Hive thermostat? Thanks
@urbanplumbers if you left the wires as they are in the Junction Box but connected the wires together as shown at the now defunct thermostat end wouldnt that create the same circuit anyway? effectively connecting the two wires together? Great Guide and thank you
@@UrbanPlumbers Agree with UP...you can do that but I would regard it as bad practice - a new owner could redecorate not realising that there are live wires in place.
Great video and helped with confirmation of what I was doing as had to rewire a control centre. I need to multizone hive a second thermostat for my underfloor heating, (s plan) it has the zone valve connected to zone 1 at the minute. Can you do a video for multi zone please?
I was wondering for a hive install can I leave the old thermostat on cranked to max (always calling for Central heating and place the hive thermostat somewhere else
I have the same question. Crank the hallway stat to max so it becomes a normally open switch and use the hive stat somewhere else. My hall always gets hotter than our larger spaces so I want the wireless stat somewhere else. Can you conform this worked in the end as I intend on leaving the wired hall stat in place just dialled to maximum.
@@larmckenna yes mate it works ours still is like that we just leave the old thermostat set to maximum and the hive is on a stand in the living room dead simple as the receiver box on our installation didn't even require a different back plate
@@UrbanPlumbers thanks for the reply. I have a hive hot water and heating,fitted on my gravity fed system. It’s a Y plan. When heating gets turned on if the water cylinder isn’t up to temp the 3 way valve stays in the mixed position allowing water and heating, only when the cylinder is up to temp does the valve move to heating only. The problem is the heating can take an age to heat up. Can I stop this? Sorry for the long message.
Can I controll the thermostat in the way I can only use myself by my phone my tenant thy keep the temperature high with window open even when is summer, Please help
Great video dude. There is a question I've asked many people but never seem to get a straigt answer, maybe you can help. Im going to install a S paln system in my house. So it will have 1 hot water and 3 heating zones. I'm going to assume that the three heating zones will need there own thermostat, that seems logical enough. But can I hard wire them????? (the house is back to brick and while it's in a state I would like to a avoid using wireless where possible) If I can hard wire them what cable should I run to each thermostat Is 1.5-5 core enough??? Any answers would be great, thanks Do you work in and around London by any chance
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Thank you for this video. I was struggling with the hive install as it wasn't clear whether I exchanged the old wireless thermostat or the whole programmer for the hive receiver; you made that clear from the start which was great. The second crucial point you made was the small wiring change in the wiring centre. None of this is mentioned in the instructions so once again thank you so much for sharing this info....Adam
This is the only video I have seen that explains the wiring centre! I was struggling so much with that,but thanks to your video it now works! Thank you so much!
Saved me getting an engineer as hive instructions didn’t include this info. Thanks a lot!
Was having trouble with the installation and found this video. It was exactly what I needed, thank you!
Fantastic, clear , concise explanation at an excellent pace. I found this video extremely helpful. This is what RUclips is about. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I do a lot of heating installs and this video is a top quality walk through. Well done👍
Thanks !
Great video but there's no mention of connecting the WiFi box to connect to the app. That would have been nice 👍
Want to thank you for this great video, I replaced mine to hive,
No worries, good it helped
Finally got mine installed. Called hive as thought I messed up. No matter what the hot water boost button would not work on thermostat or in the app. Ended up a faulty thermostat. It was programmed as a single channel when it was meant to be dual. Screw fix exchanged came back with another and high presto it worked. I could now work for hive after my install ha
Fantastic video
Thanks for your video.
Easy to follow, thanks
Great Video, have just installed my Hive in new home using this all working perfectly. Had the white wire with one three way valve 👍
Thanks for the comment
Thanks for another great video to compliment your nest installs, I do agree with a previous comment about joining the wires together with a connector at the thermostat end which could be pushed back into the hole in the wall if you are going to position the hive in the same position.
This would then leave all the wiring in place should you ever want to go back to a wired set up.
Yes good idea
Very clear instructions 👍 fantastic job
Thanks so much 😊
Great video! Very helpful. Thank you.
Do I need to mess around with wiring centre if I don’t have a thermostat?
Fab Video, Thank you.
Thank you - Worked perfectly
Very informative
Brilliant video as usual thanks & keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks 👍
Really well explained clear n precise
Thanks a lot
Very good & well explained video. Thanks a lot.
You are welcome
Hi, I have just purchased and fitted a dual channel HIVE system for my oil fired central heating and it is almost working 100%....but there was no wire behind my old analogue Honeywell controller for water....just 3 wires...L N and the common for live transfer so in effect if I hit the hot water option it just comes on at the switch as I can't heat water separately and never could unless it was the immersion in the hot press. Does this system require additional wiring to the receiver to turn on the immersion? Otherwise am I right in saying that the water option only is redundant? Hope all that makes sense. So when I turn on the heating the oil burner fires up outside and heats both radiators and water simultaneously but I just don’t see anyway of heating water separately with only 3 wires at the controller. Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Have a question in hive multi zone I stallation
I am replacing
Danfoss TP9000 Programmer
Danfoss TP5000SI
Danfoss TS2 Sensor
I have 2 zones upstairs and downstairs
Downstairs was straightforward as the Danfoss TS2 Sensor linked directly to the Danfoss TP9000 Programmer, so all I needed to do was disconnect it and replicate all the other wires in the hive and it works perfectly
However the second zone uses the Danfoss TP5000SI and there is no power connected, so I therefore have no power for the hive multi zone reviever
Question is where should I get the power from? Will this have to be routed from the boiler control box? Or can this run off a mains or lighting circuit? And I presume I will need a 3 amp spur switch like the main unit?
I have just purchased a new hive hot water/central heating controller with hub & thermostat. Do I need to remove the old manual thermostat? If I wanted to remove it should I just disconnect the wires and terminate them safely? If I do terminate them do I then need to go to the old main controller and disconnect the same coloured wires?
I currently have a a Drayton controller and the back box connectors look the same. Does this mean that I can just slot in the new hive controller as it is a 6 pin fitting. I am relatively proficient with electrics but have never installed a wireless system. Thanks
Have a Hive 2, My stat's button has stopped being able to be pushed to select anything. Everything works from the app, I just cant use the dial to select anything the left right turning works. If I want to move it to another property will that still be possible or do I need the push button to work? In that property I dont need to be able tp push it just use the app. Whereas I will get a new one for here. Any advice from someone thats done the installation recently on this stat with the big round push button appreciated, thanks
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
If I have hive fitted to a hot water and heating system and replace the boiler for a combi, will that hive system work still or would I need to replace for the heating only version?
Great video. Seems simple enough but I don’t have a thermostat at all. That’s the reason I’m getting one of these. Do I simply need to replace the old control unit with the hub and then just instal the WiFi thermostat.
It seems to me to be a simpler installation for me because I don’t need to remove a thermostat.
Please advise me.
Thank you for the video. Can I remove the hallway thermostat cable completely and insert a wire link between the terminals from which the brown and black cable has just been removed, so that they are electrically joined together.
Do I have to disconnect my old thermostat? We never used it and it no longer seems to have power? Would this impact Hive install in any way?
Excellent video thankyou
Thanks
Excellent video thank you!
you are welcome
Hi - Am i able to use a dual channel on a combi? My boilers being replaced and changed from system to combi.
Can the hive for system boiler be connected to combi as well and you just use the ch feature?
Hi, you have great videos. Quick question. If a get a Hive V3 heating and hot water, can I wire it to use one channel for a combi-boiler only? Cheers.
Great video, very easy to understand, please could you make a similar video for Hive multi-zone, eg. Hot Water, multiple CH zones and Underfloor Heating. thanks!
I have installed hive mini, do I still need the old room thermostat?
And if the oranges from the zone valves were joined into the same elctrical connection,vhow xan a zone valve not cause the other one to open as well?
Question. My main control unit has 2 extra wires for remote sensor, they are the same colour as the thermostat so does this mean I don’t need to change any wires in the big wiring box?
These will be connected to terminals 5&6 in your existing receiver for the remote sensor ! These will not longer be needed so can be left disconnected ! You wont need to change anything in the central wiring system.
I am looking at installing Hive but I appear to have an older heating system that does not have an existing programmer, it instead has only a spur which runs direct into the boiler, the temp is then controlled by the radiator TRV's
How easy is it to install the programmer on my system ? Assume it could be bridged between the spur and my boiler ?
I have a Hive installed like you showed currently but want to switch to Nest. I tried mimicking the same wiring for a Nest receiver for my system boiler but it didn’t work, so I had to connect the Hive back up.
Is there any additional steps needed when switching from a Hive system boiler setup to a Nest system boiler setup?
Thanks!
Thank you so much
So the old programmer was only firing up the boiler on cylinder stat demand as the room stat wires were connected to the common of the programmer? How was the hot water demand separated from the heating demand, how can the zone valves not open each other and give all the time heating and hot water at th3 sake time?
My system has a wireless thermostat controlled by a honeywell r6660d, would the process be the same with the call for heat wires and then eliminate all other wires from the Honeywell box ?
Thank you great video. Please please can you do a hive multizone. Installation video. Would help me greatly. Again. Thanks. Urban
I don't think I will be doing one anytime soon. Got other projects on the go right now.
Would it be possible for you to do one one your. Installation board.
Great video , I have a question can I fix hive with old storage system running with system boiler with only one diverter valve fixed close to the tank .Thanks
Can you help please. Since installing, heating works fine but hot water cylinder just continues heating, the cylinder thermostat seems to have stopped working. With hot water on all the time should the cylinder stat kick in and override hive?
Hi
I have always been watching you videos they r really helpful
Thank u so much
I am an apprentice and I want to wire a hive on s plan
There are 4 motorized valves . Hot water. Heating. Towel rail.and underfloor heating
Could u guide me a little bet on how to wire them thanks
Great Video, well explained with good wiring references.
I have a qeuestion: my system has a Standard Hot Water Circuit (with a 3-port Honeywell Valve) and TWO Heating Circuits (Downstairs & Upstairs) that each drive an ON/OFF Valve for the respective area. Would you be kind enough and add any comments of what extra changes I need to do to convert over fully to Hive Smart Heating. Oh! I should I add that there are also TWO Thermostats (one downstairs for the Downstairs Heating, and one upstairs for the Upstairs Heating). Thank you!
Hello, I am getting constant hot water from my new system boiler which I don't need. Why then has the Hive thermo got a hot water only setting which would indicate to me that I can heat the water up only when I need it. This is frustrating me, can you advise please?
Hello I have a hot water cylinder/tank and can't control my temperature if I put it on programme/schedule. Any tips. This morning I had luke warm water after I had put it on schedule.
Hi mate,
Spot on, did exactly as you showed as I was stuck on the day! Only thing is that I couldn't rack my brain around is that the heating works when requested but when calling for hot water, the boiler is not firing up. Any ideas ???
Replaced ideal classic with Worcester Regular. Existing S Plan with unvented cylinder. Only omitted room stat and linked brown heating valve with programmer call wire. Can't find anything on this issue of hot water not firing up!
If 3 and 4 are switched lives to ch and hw it means that 1 and 2 are permanent lives but I don't see a link between L,1 and 2 why?
Great video
Thanks!
I ordered by mistake a Dual Channel receiver which doesn`t have COM....but my old thermostat was wired to NO and COM...is there a way to fix it quick?
Hi
When I remove the thermostat from the control panel do I also remove the neutral from the thermostat aswell? And what do I link where the wire that it is connected to in the control panel.
Top man
Question, why can’t you just connect the wires together at the old thermostat end?
You can but then you have to leave the old stat or wires on the wall.
Best video I’ve found after months of researching. Well done mate.
That's all I did with mine, linked the wires, protected them and left in the wall 👍
@@StuHNomadBiker Thats ok but a new owner might not realise what has been left behind.
Brilliant vid as usual
Thanks for you video.
I have a BG model UP2 controller which has a spur off to a BG WR1 wireless receiver. I need to replace with dual receiver as shown in this video. If I were to remove the spurred wire from the UP2 and therefore disregard the WR1, would that be the correct starting point? I only have wires in N, L, 1 & 3 in both units. I hope that makes sense👍🏽
How hot water is working if connected only heating?
hi great video ,iv seen a lot of videos on installing hive ,some dont make the wiring correction in the wiring conection box ,they just make sure in the modual the hw on and heating on is conected whats your thoughts on this ,
also i have a 2 zone house the living room has its own programer ,can i leave it there on it own , so the rest of the house on the hive
thank you
Could You please tell which and how many devices do I need to System boiler with hot water tank, 2 heating zones and UFH? I'm confused with how many HIVE receivers I need....
call Hive help line. I am getting lost myself in this system. It can be confusing.
Just subscribed. Can you please make a video on hive two zones heating
nice and simple, thanks :-)
You're welcome!
Hi. So basically you don’t control the hot water temperature? Just on and of am I right?
Cylinder thermostat controls how water temperature, hive only sends switched live
Hi - I love your video. It has given me some confidence to self install the very same unit to my conventional OIL boiler with hot water tank that has the same controller unit as your video (except it has the double size back plate.. . Question - my current set up has as wireless analogue dial type room thermostat so apart from checking the connections on the controller back plate match up is there anything else I need to be aware of ?
Thanks for your patience.do you give training?
Where is my wiring centre likely to be. I cant find it!!
Hi thanks for video it’s great, however our thermostat has 3 wires going in and out Honeywell switchboard doesn’t have any wires that are connected together they’re all individual. Can we just disconnect the stat from the wall end?
I don’t think I understand your question !
hi there thanks for a great advise and training .. i bout the hive thermostat used then i bought the hive hun used from another seller not knowing that it can only be register ones .. is there anyway deregistering the hive hub so new user can register in a new account ? any help would be great thanks
I dont know as I never fitted a 2nd hand Hive
I have no thermostat. Do I need to rewire anything in the wiring centre? Thanks.
Have the same setup. Pity you didn't get an answer 😕
@@Will-rq9lw I just went for it and turned out to be a really easy install. Just replaced the old programmer in the boiler cupboard with the hive box and that was it.
Great 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
You say at one point “if you are on a Y-Plan”? Could you explain? I’ve never heard of Y-Plan.
A "Y plan" system only has 1 valve. A 3 port valve. This means the valve can either close off either end or sit mid position. If its mid position then heating and hot water are applied if it sits on one side it supplies heating and if it sits the other it supplies hot water. 3 port valves have 2 extra cores in their flex white and grey. Depending what is energised will depend on where the valve moves to.
OK I'm stupid amatuer here dumb question. If black programmer wire is only connected to brown wire from central heater valve, then how does this control the hot water valve?
Are you saying you have only one wire going from the programmer to the wiring center?
@@UrbanPlumbers Hi, no sorry I gathered from the video that you used the program wire and connected it to the live of the central heater zone/valve. This made me wonder how it is able to then heat the hot water tank because that is a separate valve? Sorry if I'm thick have I missed something. You are great in the video btw, I just have concentration issues lol
Terminal 3 from programmer connects to cylinder stat and stat fires the zone valve and valve fires the boiler. Terminal 4 connects to heating zone valve directly
@@UrbanPlumbers Thank you so much for explaining that to me cheers
Hi, great video and very well explanatory.
My wiring centre is a Honeywell Smartfit it has a circuit board and very few cables going in,
would it be possible to install an Hive thermostat?
Thanks
I am sure it would !
@urbanplumbers if you left the wires as they are in the Junction Box but connected the wires together as shown at the now defunct thermostat end wouldnt that create the same circuit anyway? effectively connecting the two wires together? Great Guide and thank you
You can do that, but then you have live wires in a stat that looks like it is no longer used
@@UrbanPlumbers Agree with UP...you can do that but I would regard it as bad practice - a new owner could redecorate not realising that there are live wires in place.
I'm a bit confused on the y plan one can you show hiw to do a u plan with hive please
Exactly the same just follow the white wire from to 3 port zone valve and connect it to the wire coming from the programmer call for heating
Great video and helped with confirmation of what I was doing as had to rewire a control centre. I need to multizone hive a second thermostat for my underfloor heating, (s plan) it has the zone valve connected to zone 1 at the minute. Can you do a video for multi zone please?
Yes will do it, good idea!
Don't need wiring for water?
I was wondering for a hive install can I leave the old thermostat on cranked to max (always calling for Central heating and place the hive thermostat somewhere else
No you can't. You need to wire Hive receiver in place of existing thermostat wiring in the wiring centre.
@@UrbanPlumbers I thought you wired the receive in place of the old programmer
Apologies - you are correct, thermostat can stay
I have the same question. Crank the hallway stat to max so it becomes a normally open switch and use the hive stat somewhere else. My hall always gets hotter than our larger spaces so I want the wireless stat somewhere else. Can you conform this worked in the end as I intend on leaving the wired hall stat in place just dialled to maximum.
@@larmckenna yes mate it works ours still is like that we just leave the old thermostat set to maximum and the hive is on a stand in the living room dead simple as the receiver box on our installation didn't even require a different back plate
I have no wall thermostat will I use the same hive?
yes, Hive is RF so no need for any wiring
How do you decommision a thermostat with 4 wires from the wiring center? This video shows only 2 wires connecting to thermostat
If you have 4 wires those 2 additional ones are earth and neutral. Just disconnect both ends or terminate safely at thermostat end
@@UrbanPlumbers will the 2 additional wires (neutral and earth) trace back to the wiring center ?
Yes
@@UrbanPlumbers thanks man. I appreciate it👍🏻
Hello, great and clear instruction! How about for multi zone? Thanks
that is definitely... not coming - LOL
Can it be wired so that it isn’t priority hot water on a Y plan?
Y plan is not hot water priority
@@UrbanPlumbers thanks for the reply. I have a hive hot water and heating,fitted on my gravity fed system. It’s a Y plan. When heating gets turned on if the water cylinder isn’t up to temp the 3 way valve stays in the mixed position allowing water and heating, only when the cylinder is up to temp does the valve move to heating only. The problem is the heating can take an age to heat up. Can I stop this? Sorry for the long message.
@@haribo1468 Y plan has independent hot water and heating, Just turn hot water off on the hive itself?
Can you do one on how to install a nest. That would be of great help 🙏👍🏼👍🏼
Check my channel - there are around 5 videos on how to install nest there
@@UrbanPlumbers and very good they are too
Can I controll the thermostat in the way I can only use myself by my phone my tenant thy keep the temperature high with window open even when is summer,
Please help
I would rather not answer this question.
@@UrbanPlumbers 🙈😂😂👍👍
Great video dude.
There is a question I've asked many people but never seem to get a straigt answer, maybe you can help.
Im going to install a S paln system in my house. So it will have 1 hot water and 3 heating zones.
I'm going to assume that the three heating zones will need there own thermostat, that seems logical enough.
But can I hard wire them?????
(the house is back to brick and while it's in a state I would like to a avoid using wireless where possible)
If I can hard wire them what cable should I run to each thermostat
Is 1.5-5 core enough???
Any answers would be great, thanks
Do you work in and around London by any chance
Yes you can hard wire stats. 0.75 is enough. Usually you will need L,N,E + SL so 4 cores are enough but you can run 5 if your want a spare one
Can you do one for combi?
no, you should not be opening the boiler up yourself.
Same as all other videos. Very flaky in the wiring on the receiver. Just say you don’t know how to do it.
Show us your video then mate
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