wiring

I've bought my HIVE in the black Friday sale last year and have been waiting for the local plumber to install but he keeps fobbing me off.... so can anyone advise me on how to wire this up.... I've been through all the usual tutorials and can't make sense of them because they're all different...

I’ve recently bought Hive and want to have ago at installing it myself. I have a basic understanding of wiring and once I can figure out what does what on my old programmer I'm sure it’ll be fairly straight forward. Can someone explain to me what (if possible) these wires are doing...

Hi all, first post here! Please move if it's in the wrong section. I'm quite into my DIY and have been upgrading parts of the house, I bought a Nest thermostat last week and just wanted to check everything checks out, if anyone could give any advice on the below it would be greatly...

Hi all, I have a Triton electric shower which was installed by someone else around a decade ago. It stopped working the other day so I opened the front cover to see if there is an obvious cause (I don't have much experience in this area). Upon opening, it appears the main problem is the...

Sorry- yet another smart thermostat wiring question. I want to install a Drayton Wiser two channel system. I currently have a Honeywell wireless thermostat (connects to a R6660D) controlling my central heating. I have a Honeywell wired timer (ST9100c) controlling my hot water cylinder. I have...

Hello When we moved into our home in 1985 one bedroom and the bathroom had a single bar electric fire high up on the wall operated by a pull cord. The house was built in 1968 when central heating was not commonplace. We didn't like the fires too much so they were removed and blanking plates put...

Hi, I appear to have lost power to my programmer (Honeywell ST699) after one of my wall thermostats got knocked clean off the wall and something went pop. I'm hoping it's the fuse in the wiring board that's blown but I've none at home as yet to test with and my father, who's on holiday, has my...

Hi All Looking for some advice on first fix wiring for our extension, before connecting ang getting certification on completion. Our new kitchen will have a bank of appliance... 2x single oven, 3.2kw/230-240v/manufacture required fuse 16 1x Combi microwave, 3.0kw/220-240v/manufacture required...

Hi all, trying to install a hive, my current system is combi with a hot water tank, drayton room stat and horstman h27xl programmable unit. it was wired as below however i had removed the earth and neutral when i took the pic https://ibb.co/qrvTdMd The room stat is below...

Hi, I have moved to a house with a oil Combi boiler and a thermostat (Grant) which is on the wall in the kitchen. Can I replace this with my hive receiver do you know? I'm a joiner to trade so very limited ability with things like this although I replaced my old one but it was like for like...

Hello I current have installed a honeywell st9100c timer as per the image with the wires. We are in the process of installing a Drayton wiser timer and the wiring in the unit needs to be as per the wiring diagram Please can someone tell me which wires go where as per the wiring diagram...

Hi guys, Hoping I can sort this out without bringing in a tradesman.... I'll try to include as much info as possible. I have a Suprima boiler and Hive thermostat which I installed soon after moving into my new house, the whole system worked well over the winter for both CH and HW. The system...

Hello, I'm at the final stages of building a summer house and I'm now starting to think about getting electric to the building. I need power for lights, alarm/motion sensor, and a few sockets for items such as TV, music and probably some power tools. The building is about 25metres from the...

Hi all, I had a similar thread a while ago but not wanting to necro-post it and also to try and ask a more specific question, I wanted to start a new one. So: I have a double socket in a hallway, with 2 cables going into it, so assuming that it's either part of a ring circuit, or the mid-point...

Hello all, So this is my first post and I need some advice as I think this is probably an obvious mistake I'm making so I'm hoping someone should be able to help! I'll try and keep this as simple as possible and I've attached a few photos for clarity! In short this is the situation. 1) I'm...

Hi moved into Partner's old 1950's flat recently and trying to make sense of the telephony setup. Broadband is slow (10Mb when should be 30Mb) and wiring hasn't been touched for a long time. Long term IT specialist - but used to ethernet - not this stuff. Any help appreciated - see images *...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can help, I've been battling with my Videx entryphome system for months now and have some of it working, I'm a joiner by trade and not very close up on electrics as you can probably tell. It was not a like for like handset replacement so I improvised but the...

Hi Hoping for a clue. All 5 Down lights in hall stopped working suddenly after fine for 8 yrs. As far as I can see it’s 1 transformer (35-105w 240 to 11.5v) with 5 20w halogens in parallel (daisy chain?) I assumed transformer issue so replaced like for like no joy. When I switch light...

Greetings all, I've just temporarily installed a nest Outdoor Camera and fed the 25ft of cable through the windows until next week. I then intend to fit an external socket and take the power from that via the 3 pin plug. My idea is to do the following: Convert the unused phone socket next to...

Hi all, Replacing kitchen light but not sure of the wiring. 2 light switches in kitchen, old light was a strip light. 3 live, 3 neutral and 3 earth. There is nothing indicating that 1 of the neutrals is a live. Please help lol Many thanks Lee