Tag: British Gas

The 1st generation Hive hub (Nano v1) is simple in design but yet packs a plethora of features into its surprisingly small package. The 7.5 x 7.5 x

Since finding out that Hive have restricted their older ‘Smart’ plug from being remotely switched on/off, it become a mini obsession of mine to prove that the plug

I have already written a short post about Hive’s v5 API in which I document some V5’s basic calls including temperature control. In this post I document the

For anyone looking for the newer v6 API see here. Documentation of an API for the Hive platform is somewhat elusive, but this is not because of lack

I recently upgraded my heating control to the 2nd Generation Hive Active Heating Thermostat. To ensure complete Zigbee wireless coverage throughout my house I wanted to add a

I have recently upgraded my remote heating setup from Horstmann Z-Wave thermostat to the Hive Zigbee Thermostat (2nd Generation). The Hive Active Heating system is an innovation of

I have already written a post about my difficulty in 2013 persuading British Gas to install Smart Meters, followed by installation issues fraught with delays. I am sorry

Following my mission to get smart meters installed I started to look into the possibility of using Zigbee to gather my energy usage statistics from my new state

After quite a bit of pestering and waiting I eventually managed to persuade British Gas to swap out my archaic Electricity and Gas meters for the latest ‘Phase