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Don Pearce wrote:
Yes, I live alone - and the nature of my job is that I sometimes find
myself heading abroad rather than home in the evening, so remote
control is a huge bonus. I went to Vienna over Christmas for a holiday
(no, not alone), and the holiday mode did exactly what I needed -
heating off, but frost protection set at 7 degrees.

I can see that messing with the temperature while the other half is at
home might not be good for domestic harmony.


Yes - can see it will work well for you. Thing I don't like is the
advertising for it. Which suggests it could give similar savings for the
average person or family.

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On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 12:19:27 +0000, RJH wrote:

On 09/01/2016 09:22, Don Pearce wrote:
On 8 Jan 2016 17:48:02 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2016-01-08, Iain Churches wrote:

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian

Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d


Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell"

The Mid-West US has had record snowfall ...

A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever I happen to be in the world. I thought it might
be a fun gimmick to show people, but it has been anything but that. My
gas usage over the autumn period is down 38% over last year, and it
looks like it is going the same way for winter. I know this is a warm
winter, but so was last year's, so I think the comparison stands up.
That's probably the quickest return on a £150 investment I will see
for a while.


Yes, I've got something similar (Heatmiser), marvellous things. My
particular version has a security flaw, making it eligible for a full
refund. I'll get a Hive when I get round to it - I gather they're the
best for the money.

I'd imagine you'd need a smartphone to get the best out of them (which
I'd assume you have).

Yes a smartphone is handy, but you also get a web page with login and
password that works rather better, and gives you more info like
temperature history.

d

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On 09/01/2016 09:22, Don Pearce wrote:
A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever


Old skool here in the depths of Wales. No gas and a different domestic
situation.

Some background central heating from a kerosene boiler at around
25p/litre. Plus a roaring log fire each evening that supplies oodles of
hot water and some of the radiators. Wood cost is £0.00 but I have to
chop the trees down myself.

Overall, it's so cheap that we don't have to worry much about scheduling
and control. Horses for courses I guess.

On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 16:05:41 +0000, Sumatriptan
wrote:

On 09/01/2016 09:22, Don Pearce wrote:
A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever


Old skool here in the depths of Wales. No gas and a different domestic
situation.

Some background central heating from a kerosene boiler at around
25p/litre. Plus a roaring log fire each evening that supplies oodles of
hot water and some of the radiators. Wood cost is £0.00 but I have to
chop the trees down myself.

Overall, it's so cheap that we don't have to worry much about scheduling
and control. Horses for courses I guess.

Well, in case you do, they have a forum that allows users to make
requests for new features - they seem to respond to it too, although I
guess that will stop once they get beyond early adopters. I'll ask
them for log fire control; that should sort out the men from the boys
in their software department.

d

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On 09/01/2016 16:43, Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 16:05:41 +0000, Sumatriptan
wrote:

On 09/01/2016 09:22, Don Pearce wrote:
A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever


Old skool here in the depths of Wales. No gas and a different domestic
situation.

Some background central heating from a kerosene boiler at around
25p/litre. Plus a roaring log fire each evening that supplies oodles of
hot water and some of the radiators. Wood cost is £0.00 but I have to
chop the trees down myself.

Overall, it's so cheap that we don't have to worry much about scheduling
and control. Horses for courses I guess.

Well, in case you do, they have a forum that allows users to make
requests for new features - they seem to respond to it too, although I
guess that will stop once they get beyond early adopters. I'll ask
them for log fire control; that should sort out the men from the boys
in their software department.


Sends you a text to say stop adding logs?


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