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I'm
sure this has been discussed before, but I'd apreciate to hear a fresh
round of
debate on this point. I'm doing a complete rewire on the house - so there's
two
choices for control of lighting: X-10 or Mains relays. Either way we're
gonna
use a star pattern as this provides maximum longterm
flexibility.
I
figured LD11's are hard to beat for their versatility, but for switching
fluorescents, or applicances why spend £40 on an AD10 when I can have DIN
mounted relays for under a tenner? Of course a mains relay like this will
need
to be CAT fived back to the HA interface, but aren't relays more reliable
than
X-10 anyway?
So
here are my three questions:
1. All
things being equal in a star wiring pattern - would you go for DIN mounted
relays or AD10s?
2. Are
there any obvious gotchas when hooking up manual (rocker type)
wall switches for local control if I go for the DIN
mounted relay
option? Suppose for example I need two way control for the
lights
on the stairs?
3. My
consumer unit and DIN rails are all in the boiler room next to all the HVAC
stuff. The boiler room is also very well sittuated for running wires almost
anywhere. However, Node Zero (Comfort, AV gear, Data Hub, Telephony etc) is
in a
large cupboard in the centre of the house. Given that I first need to
make the choice between AD10's verses DIN mounted mains relays - is
there
any particular advantage to having Comfort located close to the DIN
rails
in the boiler room rather than in Node Zero.
Thanks
for your help
Chris
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