Tag Archives: Heating

Energy, Hive, ZigBee

Hive Signal Booster (formerly SmartPlug)

Posted on by James Saunders
01
Mar

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 signal booster plug, which would extend Zigbee’s wireless range and give me the option to move the thermostat to different rooms in the house. I contacted the […]

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Heating, Hive, ZigBee

Hive 2nd Generation Active Heating Thermostat

Posted on by James Saunders
02
Feb

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 the UK energy supplier British Gas, but you do not need to have your energy supplied by British Gas to have a Hive installation, it is however […]

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