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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