Wow that looks complicated. Color me impressed
How ‘smart’ is that?
Relays are awesome!
Which system are you using? Does your wired setup allow for colored lighting or CCT? or is it just dimmers going to normal style lights?
Donna said:
Which system are you using? Does your wired setup allow for colored lighting or CCT? or is it just dimmers going to normal style lights?
It can do both. All Ethernet terminates in my server cabinet, all wires can be made dimmable or RGB as desired by plugging them in a different module.
@Unclewaffl3s
Which brand makes wired colored lights? I’ve only seen wireless ones. Sorry for asking so many questions but this is genuinely interesting.
Donna said:
@Unclewaffl3s
Which brand makes wired colored lights? I’ve only seen wireless ones. Sorry for asking so many questions but this is genuinely interesting.
Loxone makes some, any LED strip has 5 wires, these are always directly addressable via the Loxone 24V LED driver. Either 4 channels of dimmable LED or 1 RGB.
Not an electrician… who would’ve guessed. This would never pass inspection.
I’d rather replace a battery every 3 years
Can you sign this off if you aren’t qualified? I’m pretty sure you can’t in the UK.
PeeEye said:
Can you sign this off if you aren’t qualified? I’m pretty sure you can’t in the UK.
You cannot, a third party has to sign off. But I’m not at that stage yet (obviously)
Jesus. Just no
Wow looks like a lot of work, nice going! Even with so many wireless solutions out there, what was your main incentive to go wired?
mikefawks said:
Wow looks like a lot of work, nice going! Even with so many wireless solutions out there, what was your main incentive to go wired?
Reliability and upgradeability. Plus, I had to pull new wires all over the house anyway. Also, I absolutely hate the idea of batteries.
DataDrifterX2 said:
Wow. I’d love to get to no batteries. So I assume all is low voltage POE?? If so, what sensors (contact, motion, occupancy, environmental) do you use?
24V systems all around. Motion/presence detectors that are tiny by duo techno, 1 wire temp sensor. I don’t have any contact sensors, since I don’t really see a use for it in my home. Loxone makes a sensor to do humidity and stuff all in one, but I’m holding off until I fit my ventilation system to integrate it into that and see what works with the chosen system
That is not what a wired anything should look like, this is bad workmanship
Whoa! This needs a schematic and isolation of AC line voltages from low voltages(<=48V) via separate panels. My whole house LV LED is entirely isolated. I control whole house ERV with 48V relays that are in a separate panel cause the ERV needs 120VAC switching. That said, the cat5 runs to every wall switch and motion sensor make for quite the mess in the basement panel. The LED light runs are 16-2 awg and terminate in the same LV panel. Labeling is key. Space is even more. And I don’t have sausage fingers.
As a controls engineer, I died inside seeing this…
Excuse my ignorance, but what’s it all for? Wired doorbell, potentially sound system, and…? What else?
HyperSphinx said:
Excuse my ignorance, but what’s it all for? Wired doorbell, potentially sound system, and…? What else?
Every push button, every lighting circuit is coming directly to this cabinet.