Nest with Electric Ireland

KathleenF

EI currently offering 3rd generation Nest with stand and free Google Home mini for €130 including installation. Don’t have to sign up or be an existing customer. Offer running until January. Just bought mine there.

https://shop.electricireland.ie/products/install-detail/nest-thermostat

Basq

KathleenF wrote: »

Don’t have to sign up or be an existing customer.

Think you have to either switch to them or be an existing customer..

Offer for new Electric Ireland customers
Switch to us today and include your Nest Learning Thermostat for €130.

Offer for existing Electric Ireland customers
As a loyal Electric Ireland customer you can spread the cost over 12 monthly payments or pay upfront for a Nest alone. You also have the option to include a Nest in with our Smarter Home Comfort Bundle.

KathleenF

Basq wrote: »

Think you have to either switch to them or be an existing customer..

You don’t. I’m with Energia.

campo

Ordered mine over a month ago and had them cancel on me 4 times now so be prepared to wait once you make an order

Aquos76

if you have never availed of one of these devices, FOC or discounted from an energy supplier, you might qualify to participate in this trial. They will supply and install their device FOC if you meet their criteria. I didn't as I had purchased a subsidised Climote from EI last year. My brother and sister seem to be eligible thou and are in the process of arranging an installation. Oh and before anyone has a go at me, I am not involved or associated with this company in any way.

https://www.thehubcontroller.com/trial

cronos

Aquos76 wrote: »

if you have never availed of one of these devices, FOC or discounted from an energy supplier, you might qualify to participate in this trial. They will supply and install their device FOC if you meet their criteria. I didn't as I had purchased a subsidised Climote from EI last year. My brother and sister seem to be eligible thou and are in the process of arranging an installation. Oh and before anyone has a go at me, I am not involved or associated with this company in any way.

https://www.thehubcontroller.com/trial

Anyone done this? Seems like a good bargain.

Also don't understand how EI would set this up without you signing up with them.

godtabh

Aquos76 wrote: »

if you have never availed of one of these devices, FOC or discounted from an energy supplier, you might qualify to participate in this trial. They will supply and install their device FOC if you meet their criteria. I didn't as I had purchased a subsidised Climote from EI last year. My brother and sister seem to be eligible thou and are in the process of arranging an installation. Oh and before anyone has a go at me, I am not involved or associated with this company in any way.

https://www.thehubcontroller.com/trial

I.m signed up. Waiting 9 months for installation. Was meant to be last week. Now Jan it appears

v10

Just ordered this today, thanks OP.

whatawaster

I moved to Electric Ireland recently.

Signed up with their 200 cash back offer and then a week later when the account was fully active I availed of the 130 Nest offer.

The guy on the phone advised me to do it this way for the best deal

kungfual

Is this Hub Alexa or Google compatible?

..barely any information on the website

Hogzy

Can anyone else confirm that you dont need to be with Electric Ireland to avail of this because the website explicitly states that the offer is for existing customers or those willing to switch to Electric Ireland.

davo2001

Aquos76 wrote: »

if you have never availed of one of these devices, FOC or discounted from an energy supplier, you might qualify to participate in this trial. They will supply and install their device FOC if you meet their criteria. I didn't as I had purchased a subsidised Climote from EI last year. My brother and sister seem to be eligible thou and are in the process of arranging an installation. Oh and before anyone has a go at me, I am not involved or associated with this company in any way.

https://www.thehubcontroller.com/trial

Thanks, in the process of buying a house so signed up now.

v10

Hogzy wrote: »

Can anyone else confirm that you dont need to be with Electric Ireland to avail of this because the website explicitly states that the offer is for existing customers or those willing to switch to Electric Ireland.

Yes, I just ordered using link in first post and I'm a Bord Gais customer !

I couldn't complete order online because I got an error about installation availability but called the phone number given and was able to complete the order over the phone. Installation booked for 2 weeks time.

Hogzy

Just ordered it there over the phone aswell. Jez this seems far too good to be true. Theyre €230 new and I was quoted €150 to install a few months ago.

I dont see the motivation for Electric Ireland to sell this to non customers.

Basq

Have a two zone heating system.. and have a Nest downstairs. Should be no issue in putting a second Nest upstairs, right?

RonTon

Tyty OP ..
Was looking to get a second nest for upstairs zone ,I got the first nest on an offer with electric Ireland couple of years ago ,now I can look for best prices for electric contract without having to get nest as package.
Actually think Electric Ireland is best for me at moment

Chardee MacDennis

Basq wrote: »

Have a two zone heating system.. and have a Nest downstairs. Should be no issue in putting a second Nest upstairs, right?

Yep, I have the same set up now with two Nests

fletch

My parents don't even have gas central heating (they have oil) and I got Electric Ireland to install a Nest for them (although they are EI electricity customers).

Picky owner

Can you get a nest installation,if your oil boiler is outside and you have one of them old push in timer clock inside the house?

Raoul

Picky owner wrote: »

Can you get a nest installation,if your oil boiler is outside and you have one of them old push in timer clock inside the house?

Exactly what I want to know too

Reg_hurley

Is there a monthly charge for this after its setup?

L1011

kungfual wrote: »

Is this Hub Alexa or Google compatible?

..barely any information on the website

Both - however Google Home at least can't figure out the hot water channel as it's a feature only on recent EU models


To answer other questions - There's no monthly charge if you buy the 130 euro offer one. They will do some more complicated thing for a monthly fee, just ignore it.

Most but not all old on/off switches can be replaced.

Depending on what they replace there may be tradable carbon credits created and the deal is you agree to give them to Electric Ireland. This is why they offer it. They don't require you to qualify for credits though - I didn't as it was replacing a 15 month old controller

Lord Nikon

Is it still available as i get this message
We're sorry - there appears to be a problem with the technician's availability in your area.

carltonleon

How new does your boiler have to be to be compatible with this nest thermostat?
My boiler is 16/17 years old so I presume that it is too old for this to work.
Basically what I am asking is, how does this work 😂?

AdamB

As far as I know, every home built pre 2006 is eligible for a home heating control grant up to €700 though SEAI. When I asked EI on the phone if having a Climote control installed by them would effect any future application for a grant they were unable to tell me.

I was looking at getting a Honeywell control system installed by them which has grants amounting to over €1000 through their scheme. The Honeywell system I required would have cost me €800 in a shop. EI quoted me €1500 for the controls and installation with the grants applied. Something doesn't add up with them.

That being said it is not a bad price for Climote and Nest, but, getting any heating control system up to €700 for free with the SEAI grant would be better IMO.

I have a funny feeling someone is making nice money from this scheme.

Lord Nikon wrote: »

Is it still available as i get this message
We're sorry - there appears to be a problem with the technician's availability in your area.

I had the same issue, you'll need to call their home services department to arrange a technician call back.

scano.ie

I've 2 zones and water so would need 2 but the price goes up to €400 could I just do 2 different orders maybe under different names?

Pique

carltonleon wrote: »

How new does your boiler have to be to be compatible with this nest thermostat?
My boiler is 16/17 years old so I presume that it is too old for this to work.
Basically what I am asking is, how does this work 😂?

Your existing timer switch is just that, a switch that turns on or off the boiler, based on a timer. These smart thermostats are basically removing the old switch and replacing it with some brains that turns on and off the boiler based on your preferences in the app (time, ambient temp, water temp, etc.) You could have it connected to any boiler (or none, theoretically you could have it connected to a guy on a treadmill prodding him to run and heat the house that way).

davehey79

Raoul wrote: »

Exactly what I want to know too

And me too

audi02

scano.ie wrote: »

I've 2 zones and water so would need 2 but the price goes up to €400 could I just do 2 different orders maybe under different names?

I rang today and this is wat i was told...would 2 different orders work i wonder?

Picky owner

Pique wrote:

Your existing timer switch is just that, a switch that turns on or off the boiler, based on a timer. These smart thermostats are basically removing the old switch and replacing it with some brains that turns on and off the boiler based on your preferences in the app (time, ambient temp, water temp, etc.) You could have it connected to any boiler (or none, theoretically you could have it connected to a guy on a treadmill prodding him to run and heat the house that way).

How does it change the heat setting,if the old dial for adjusting the heat is on the boiler outside,just trying to get my head around it as the timer switch inside just turns it on and off..

Pique

Picky owner wrote:

How does it change the heat setting,if the old dial for adjusting the heat is on the boiler outside,just trying to get my head around it as the timer switch inside just turns it on and off..

That setting on the boiler is the water temp. I've literally never touched that dial since the boiler was installed. The indoor thermostat measures indoor air temp. It will turn on the boiler until the room reaches the preset temp and then turn off the boiler or just that zone.

crazyhorse

QUOTE=AdamB;109213729]As far as I know, every home built pre 2006 is eligible for a home heating control grant up to €700 though SEAI. When I asked EI on the phone if having a Climote control installed by them would effect any future application for a grant they were unable to tell me.

Interesting!
I have the Nest on order with EI (not yet installed). I also plan on upgrading boiler in the next couple of years. By availing of this Nest offer, will I be then unable to claim the €700 SEAI "heating controls" grant when I eventually upgrade my boiler?
SEAI might be able to give me an answer

L1011

I don't know if the scheme they're tapping is the same as the SEAI one. SEAI one requires BER certs and Rather A Lot of paperwork; this doesn't.

LJ3103

Can these be used to heat the water only, I currently can set my time for heat / water or water only

Thanks

ted1

Picky owner wrote: »

Can you get a nest installation,if your oil boiler is outside and you have one of them old push in timer clock inside the house?

Yes. All the time clock does is close a circuit like a switch. This is what NEST does too

ted1

L1011 wrote: »

I don't know if the scheme they're tapping is the same as the SEAI one. SEAI one requires BER certs and Rather A Lot of paperwork; this doesn't.

They’d be using this one:
https://www.seai.ie/energy-in-business/energy-efficiency-obligation-scheme/

L1011

ted1 wrote: »

They’d be using this one:
https://www.seai.ie/energy-in-business/energy-efficiency-obligation-scheme/

Which is likely the one I got some amount of credit off my electricity bill (from Electric Ireland) for the installation of the same controls then they replaced (some of) 15 months later. I would doubt they can go to the pot twice; but the T&Cs for this deal only state that they can use any credits that are available - not that they have to be available.

Two sets of incentives claimed, house is fully lit with LED, kitchen of A+/++ appliances and its a 1970s house retrofitted to C1/B3 level - I don't think they've made much money on me :pac:

ted1

L1011 wrote: »

Which is likely the one I got some amount of credit off my electricity bill (from Electric Ireland) for the installation of the same controls then they replaced (some of) 15 months later. I would doubt they can go to the pot twice; but the T&Cs for this deal only state that they can use any credits that are available - not that they have to be available.

Two sets of incentives claimed, house is fully lit with LED, kitchen of A+/++ appliances and its a 1970s house retrofitted to C1/B3 level - I don't think they've made much money on me :pac:

I think they work that smart controls save 20% and they take that off the national average household usage. That’s the credit they get.

crazyhorse

Interesting reading. Is the consensus that eligibility to claim €700 SEAI heating control grant in the future is unaffected by having EI install Nest.

byte

Sounds too good to be true, so I went and ordered it anyway

Scheduled for install in February, not sure if they send the Nest and Home Mini to me first, or if installer comes equipped with Nest and Google Home Mini comes seperately, after install is complete.

Soarer

audi02 wrote: »

I rang today and this is wat i was told...would 2 different orders work i wonder?

scano.ie wrote: »

I've 2 zones and water so would need 2 but the price goes up to €400 could I just do 2 different orders maybe under different names?

Some people have been known to get three Nests by creating three separate orders using the same details on each order.

torrevieja

Hogzy wrote: »

Can anyone else confirm that you dont need to be with Electric Ireland to avail of this because the website explicitly states that the offer is for existing customers or those willing to switch to Electric Ireland.

You don't i already had an argument with electric ireland they didn't even know , got mine today

torrevieja

byte wrote: »

Sounds too good to be true, so I went and ordered it anyway

Scheduled for install in February, not sure if they send the Nest and Home Mini to me first, or if installer comes equipped with Nest and Google Home Mini comes seperately, after install is complete.

Electrician brings everything on day

bazz26

Guys, quick question for you as I don't know a whole lot about central heating. I'm going to ring EI but forearmed with information first is not a bad idea:

I have an external oil burner with an on/off switch and timer in the kitchen. I have two separate thermostats (one downstairs and one upstairs). The plan would be to replace the heating timer in the kitchen with a nest and eventually replace the two thermostats at a later stage. My question is would the Nest be suitable to replace just the heating timer for the moment or would the timer plus other thermostat zones need replacing all at the same time? I'm not too worried about not being able to control the temperature in the other zones at present through Nest.

For now I really just want to be able to switch the heating on remotely through the Nest app or google home. Is the Nest suitable for this?

godtabh

godtabh wrote: »

I.m signed up. Waiting 9 months for installation. Was meant to be last week. Now Jan it appears

Got my Hub Controller installed yesterday

asharkman

kungfual wrote: »

Is this Hub Alexa or Google compatible?

..barely any information on the website

had a look on the nest site and it is.
https://nest.com/support/article/Nest-and-Amazon-Alexa

Creamy Goodness

would there be a way to get two of these for €260 or am I being cheeky? Added 2 to the cart and it goes up to €400.

also are these the latest version (3rd gen)

asharkman

whatawaster wrote: »

I moved to Electric Ireland recently.

Signed up with their 200 cash back offer and then a week later when the account was fully active I availed of the 130 Nest offer.

The guy on the phone advised me to do it this way for the best deal

I'm with bord gais, so basically with this i'll swap to EI and get the nests for more or less free!

I've a two zoned system and the blurb says just to order two of them.
Great deal!

asharkman

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

would there be a way to get two of these for €260 or am I being cheeky? Added 2 to the cart and it goes up to €400

That's what i was hoping to do. one of the other posters was saying they just put in two orders with exactly the same details.
i'm not sure they'll honor that though.

asharkman

asharkman wrote: »

That's what i was hoping to do. one of the other posters was saying they just put in two orders with exactly the same details.
i'm not sure they'll honor that though.

Or get it delivered to your work and tell em you don't need them to install it.

Honestfrank01

godtabh wrote:

Got my Hub Controller installed yesterday

How is it?? Were you waiting long for the install and does in connect through alexa?