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To get the best out of your Hive thermostat, it’s important to consider where you position it. To help make this decision, we’ve put together a few pointers.
Where Should I Place My Hive Thermostat?
Location within a Room:
- Your thermostat should be placed in an area that is representative of the room it’s in. This will help the device suggest heating your room to a suitable temperature.
- Heat circulates around rooms naturally, so we’d recommend placing your thermostat in a central position and around 1.5m off the ground for the most balanced view.
- Try to keep the thermostat away from any direct sources of heat or draught. If the area it’s in is much hotter or cooler than the room in general, your thermostat may suggest heating the room to an unsuitable temperature. Locations in front of windows, next to radiators, near to large appliances like a fridge, or in sunlit corners are to be avoided.
- Try to avoid handling the thermostat for too long. This can cause it to pick up your body heat.
Keeping Your Devices Connected:
- The thermostat has approximately 10 metres of signal range and needs to stay connected to your Hive Hub and receiver to work optimally.
- Keeping your thermostat within 10 meters of your Hive Hub and receiver is likely to help your connection strength.
- Large, bulky objects such as wardrobes, bookshelves and fridges coming between your Hive heating devices can negatively affect this connection.
- Appliances nearby which have an electromagnetic field can also cause problems with connectivity as they disrupt the signal. Avoid placing your thermostat near speakers, TVs, and computers for this reason.
- If your thermostat doesn’t seem to be working as well as you’d like, you might want to try reducing the distance between your thermostat, Hub, and receiver.
Don’t Forget About Radiator Valves:
- Manual Radiator Valves: If you have manual thermostatic radiator valves installed in the same room as your Hive thermostat, ensure that all your valves are turned to fully open (normally number 5). As the valves control how much hot water flows through the radiator pipes, if they are set to anything less than fully open, your Hive thermostat may not be able to heat your radiators up as much as you are expecting.
- Hive Radiator Valves: We recommend that you do not fit a Hive Radiator Valve to a radiator in the same room as your main thermostat. This is advised because having your thermostat and Hive Radiator Valve in the same room can cause your heating to be permanently on if the thermostat is set to a higher temperature than the Hive Radiator Valve.
For Hive Plus Users:
Heating alerts in Hive Plus work based on your Hive thermostat learning the warming and cooling patterns of your room. For example, if you keep your Hive thermostat in your lounge, it will learn how quickly the lounge heats up and cools down. Hive Plus will then provide alerts based on this knowledge.
As a result, avoid moving the thermostat between rooms often. Otherwise, the data collected will not be from the same room, and Hive Plus won’t be able to provide accurate information and alerts.
Additional Information About the Hive Thermostat Stand
Hive has a thermostat stand which is compatible with the Hive 2 and the Hive Mini thermostat. It means the thermostat can be placed on a table or shelf within range instead of fixing it to a wall.
Fitting Your Thermostat onto Its Stand:
Fitting your thermostat onto its stand is quick and easy:
- Remove the backplate of the thermostat by pulling the tab at the bottom backwards.
- Unscrew the two screws from the stand mount.
- Insert the screws through the holes on either side of the backplate and screw these into the stand mount.
- Hook the thermostat onto the stand backplate and click it in place.
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