Hive install
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How come your installing it, they offer free installation when you buy the kit don't they?
i think its £179 with no install or £250 with install
I'm a electronics engineer ( parking equipment) never really looked into heating wiring before , but seems a simple task , just need a little help, wife will kill me if heatings goes wrong
I'm a electronics engineer ( parking equipment) never really looked into heating wiring before , but seems a simple task , just need a little help, wife will kill me if heatings goes wrong
Also on your old timer the 4th pic, is that a pure yellow wire or is it green and yellow but been used as a switch live?
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You can ignore the roomstat and wiring to it as this will now be obsolete.
You need to describe the rest of the system you have... Boiler type, vented, pump, valves etc... Mainly... Do you have a wiring centre?
You need to describe the rest of the system you have... Boiler type, vented, pump, valves etc... Mainly... Do you have a wiring centre?
Dependant on wether that yellow is an earth used as a switch live or not I would proceed as follows,
Live into Live,
Neutral into neutral,
The white wire in the old (2) into the new (1)
The yellow wire old (4) into new (3)
And a link between live & 1
I'd then (not best practice) but put the room stat wires into a choc block, link the black & brown into 1 block and the neutral (blue) in the other and push it back into the wall you've basically created a link and put the hive thermostat over this. Obviously them wires will be live in the wall so be careful...
Live into Live,
Neutral into neutral,
The white wire in the old (2) into the new (1)
The yellow wire old (4) into new (3)
And a link between live & 1
I'd then (not best practice) but put the room stat wires into a choc block, link the black & brown into 1 block and the neutral (blue) in the other and push it back into the wall you've basically created a link and put the hive thermostat over this. Obviously them wires will be live in the wall so be careful...
Is the yellow an earth wire (green & yellow) used as a switch live on 4 on the old programmer or just a solid yellow wire?
Follow above then, u have no earth.
If you take the multipin plug out of the Swiftflow it has 5 pins, LNE and a pair you can wire across 1&3 on your Hive.
That way you know what cables to remove and can simply wire in the mains and the Hive receiver. Even though it is crap compared to the Evohome base unit.
http://letsfixit.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SWIFT-FLOW-100E.pdf
That way you know what cables to remove and can simply wire in the mains and the Hive receiver. Even though it is crap compared to the Evohome base unit.
http://letsfixit.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/SWIFT-FLOW-100E.pdf
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