Wiring Hive to Vokera compact combi

[Paul lecky]

Hi, trying to connect a hive to a Vokera compact 28 combi. The boiler has no external controls connected to it and runs of built in mechanical programmer and the boiler is connected directly to a 3 amp spur.

I want to keep boiler on constant and use hive to turn on / off at temperature, do I wire the power cable from boiler to 1 & 3 as shown in diagram and should this operate like switch? Any help and advice would be appreciated!

 

[ianmcd]

I want to keep boiler on constant and use hive to turn on / off at temperature, do I wire the power cable from boiler to 1 & 3 as shown in diagram and should this operate like switch? Any help and advice would be appreciated!

Nope which compact do you have there are loads of them

 

[Paul lecky]

Compact 28, it's an older boiler. The instructions in the manual are below.

 

[Paul lecky]

That's the boiler and that's all it says about fitting external controls

 

[ianmcd]

very easy to wire that one to Hive or anything else, L&N from the time clock to L&N on the hive then the other two wires to 1&3 on the hive couldnt get any easier

 

[Matthew Rolf]

Would I need to buy 5 core cable to do the above?

 

[ianmcd]

Would I need to buy 5 core cable to do the above?

you dont have to but makes life easier, you can buy it by the metre from B&Q you want 0.75 mm2 5 core flex, its not expensive

 

[Matthew Rolf]

Ok, so when following your above instructions which you gave to someone else. Do I need to unwire the timer clock and replace them with the 5 core cable which will also wire into the hive receiver?

 

[ianmcd]

Again depends if your boiler is the same if it looks the same as that pic then yes, if it doesnt look like that pic then it may be different, there are many models of Vokera Compact

 

[Matthew Rolf]

Yep, exactly the same as the pic and the same as the above wiring diagrams. So basically just replacing the timer wiring with my 5 core flex cable by following your simple instructions. Thanks for your help, appreciate it.

 

[Ben row]

Hi Matthew,

I have the same boiler as you. Just wondering how you went with installing the hive was it all ok with the above instructions?

Thanks
Ben

 

[Matthew Rolf]

It was very easy to do. The above instructions were exactly what needed to be done.

 

[Moataz Farrag]

Hi everyone,

I’m in the same position, in addition to all the above, excluding the L&N, my boiler has two wires on the timer side which are originally looped, one black and one red, so which one goes to common on hiv and which one goes to heating on, i.e. 1&3 on hiv.

Many thanks

 

[Moataz Farrag]