Kasa Smart Thermostat (KE100) - installation

How to install the Kasa KE100 smart thermostat to an existing radiator and set up your app to control it remotely. You will need a Kasa hub (available separately) for the valve to connect to, and so to allow the app to be used once installed. Once installed this connects very easily to Alexa and other voice assistants

[@bradster00]

I have about 20 tapo devices such as hub, sensors, cameras and the robot vacuum and it really annoys me that they haven’t included this in the tapo range considering they also have a smart thermostat and humidity sensor. If they bought this to tapo I’d buy them for all the rads in my house tomorrow

[@AndyWard]

Yes, the range split across Tapo/Kasa is very strange and frustrating

[@kinocchio]

It is in Tapo now on Amazon.

[@user-fs8lz9re2q]

I had the Wise version and its bouler control box, so it will turn off the boiler. I wanted to get this, but does that mean I'd have to keep my boiler on all the time. Right now, i only switch on my boiler for heating when i need heat. It's only been on once in two weeks as of todays date 03/08/24. I dont want to have my bouler on all the time and just change the individual heaters.

[@Statek63]

Yeah, it will have a bit of accuracy problems in this vertical position. It's a pity that these Kasa thermostats cannot be integrated with Tapo Temperature and window opening sensors (yet?).

[@user-xr6kf8wf8f]

according to lastest updated, already supported, tapo contact sensor, and tapo temperature sensor. but you need to do a little more work, to set tapo sensor directed to same KASA HUB as the thermostat in kasa app, then it can be used for open window detection, and tempreature correction

[@TollyTolly]

Hi. I don't understand how this valves talk to boiler and tell it when to start/stop. How do you make this system to talk to boiler?

[@mategombas771]

It does not. It only opens and closes a local valve at the radiator. You can adjust satelite rooms separately as far as the boiler is on, beside your main thermostat in the living room operating the boiler. As well as in block of flats houses where there is a central boiler for the whole block you can controll your flat temp. via these.

[@sajidmalik786]

So, you will need to keep your heating permanently on for this valve to work? So, for example, if the living room where the boiler thermostat is is set to 22 Celsius and the living room is currently 24 Celsius, I then set the Kasa, which is in the bedroom, to 24, as the bedroom was currently 21 and the boiler would not switch on. Unless the living room thermostat was set to a higher temperature, that would keep the boiler on permanently. Is that correct?

[@andreabugatti6792]

useless valves. There are many other products that provide thermostat connected to the boiler, thermostatic valves and temperature sensor that communicate with each other

[@sajidmalik786]

​@@andreabugatti6792apart from Tado which other ones are there?

[@andreabugatti6792]

@@sajidmalik786 shelly, netatmo

[@s.r.1997]

Noob question, do we need to empty the tubes first before installing them?

[@AndyWard]

No, you don't need to do anything with the radiator to install it

[@kinocchio]

Do you need a smart thermostat system to use this. I just have a normal combi boiler and the basic thermostat that came with it. I want to be able to turn the rad valves via the app instead of manually because I'm lazy.

[@AndyWard]

No you don't need a smart thermostat - in fact even if you did this wouldn't work with it. So perfect for just using your phone to turn down the rad valves.

[@user-fs8lz9re2q]

​@AndyWard I hear that, but wouldn't the wall mounted thermostat interfer with these smart thermostats. Cause my wall mounted thermostat when the temp drops, it turns off the heating when the temp is sufficient for the flat.

[@johnnybravo9087]

Do you need a hub to use just one TRV?

[@AndyWard]

You do to connect to it via your phone but could be used manually without. However, that would defeat much of the purpose.

[@jonathanstack7231]

Interested in buying some of these. Can the app be used to set a few of them to fully open / close on a schedule, to create a timed zone in the house? Or can you only change them one by one in real time, with a temperature range rather than fully open / fully closed?

[@AndyWard]

You can definitely change them on a schedule (I do this) to hit certain temperatures, and also use the app to group them.

[@VasilievFlorin]

valve noise sound is ... ?!?

[@mokkymiah2742]

Does this work with hive thermostat?

[@AndyWard]

No it doesn’t connect, although not sure if there is a third party app that could connect them