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The manufacturer installation manual only states it needs a single phase RCD isolated connection. Nothing about a dedicated circuit.

Yes, it’s the downstairs ring main serving part of the downstairs (living room and diner).

I have a 2.5kW sauna heater for an indoor sauna. The heater pulls 11A. Should it be hardwired to the consumer unit or can I run it from a 13A fused spur?

Installed it today. In the end I simply swapped out the old mechanical room stat on terminals 1 & 2 and connected these to COM and NO on the hive (along with permanent L and N). Works very well. Only controls the CH of course, but I knew that would be the case. I’ve set the original timer to ‘on...

Thanks. That makes sense. I did some more research after I posted and found some info that supports this. Thanks again.

Hi all I have a circa 30yr old Worcester Danesmoor oil boiler and need some guidance on wiring in a hive receiver. The boiler has no external programmer connected, only a mechanical timer. It’s also single channel, controlling the hot water using it’s own internal logic. I have the original...