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My thermostat (Nest Gen 3) is in the hall, in the main this works, but some times the boiler turns off premature leaving living room too cool, so simple cure would seem to be a second wireless thermostat in parallel with the Nest so if living room not warm enough, the boiler will fire, but if a open fire is lit in living room this will not cause rest of house to cool as a result.
I looked at Hive, this advert attracted my attention however it says "Hub not included." and "Smart Hub & Internet Connection Required" and "Network standard ZigBee" I already have a Zigbee hub for lighting so may be that's all I need? But I don't want yet another hub, I already have 4 hubs, it's getting silly.
I had hoped to either get the Nest sensor which has not been released in UK, or the TP-link thermostat as already have TP-Link TRV, the Energenie TRV link works wrong way around, the thermostat tells the TRV what to do. But the MIHO069 thermostat is cheap as is the Moes BHT-002 Series WiFi Thermostat, but they are not wireless, and I have no way to get wires from my living room to flat under house where my boiler is.
I have already had problems with wireless thermostats, this one seemed great on the spec, but slowly lost it's RF link with base, and could fail on, so it was rather useless, so having been bit once, I am a little nervous just reading the spec, also caught out with the Nest Gen 3, was told it would work with Energenie Mihome TRV heads, and it does not. I have found a review for the Tapo but the review here does not say if wireless, and I can't find a single advert selling them. Pity as have the Kasa TRV head.
So has anyone any ideas, with the Hive work for me? Any thoughts welcome.
I looked at Hive, this advert attracted my attention however it says "Hub not included." and "Smart Hub & Internet Connection Required" and "Network standard ZigBee" I already have a Zigbee hub for lighting so may be that's all I need? But I don't want yet another hub, I already have 4 hubs, it's getting silly.
I had hoped to either get the Nest sensor which has not been released in UK, or the TP-link thermostat as already have TP-Link TRV, the Energenie TRV link works wrong way around, the thermostat tells the TRV what to do. But the MIHO069 thermostat is cheap as is the Moes BHT-002 Series WiFi Thermostat, but they are not wireless, and I have no way to get wires from my living room to flat under house where my boiler is.
I have already had problems with wireless thermostats, this one seemed great on the spec, but slowly lost it's RF link with base, and could fail on, so it was rather useless, so having been bit once, I am a little nervous just reading the spec, also caught out with the Nest Gen 3, was told it would work with Energenie Mihome TRV heads, and it does not. I have found a review for the Tapo but the review here does not say if wireless, and I can't find a single advert selling them. Pity as have the Kasa TRV head.
So has anyone any ideas, with the Hive work for me? Any thoughts welcome.