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• @BicyclingBen@todon.eu 2026-11-07 16:10

  @Gargron@mastodon.social @cm@chaos.social @jason@logoff.website I'd certainly avoid Hive, it sounds smart but doesn't really do anything more than switch your boiler on and off (plus plumbers get a commission to install them in the UK, so don't think they're necessarily giving good advice). To make full use of OpenTherm you should get a controller which modulates the boiler and has weather compensation. This adjusts the boiler's flow temperature up and down rather than just switching on and off. Running a condensing gas boiler with as low a flow temperature as possible makes it more efficient. Tado I think does the best job of managing heating, but equally I think you might need the app, cloud connection and a subscription. Not sure if you can get away without these.

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