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From: Robert Chasmer
[mailto:robert.chasmer@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06
August 2002
11:53
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] After
opinons of an aesthetic nature
Each
light is wired independantley but ends up in distribution boxes in
the
ceiling
just
above the lightswitch. At the moment there tied together
into
the four
zones and controled by 2 double dimmer switches. I ordered
the
Lutron
Garphic Eye switch which replaces those last week (only two
years
late).
I think wiring up the whole house for HA control of the lights
will
need to
wait
till we build our own house. I'd want a system that
worked
independantly
of a PC, but could still interface with it. I'm
very
interested
to know how your new system turns out. Lutron does what I
want
for now,
is
very expensive, but I'm only going to have it in one
room.
Don’t get me wrong, Polaron is
in no
way a cheap solution, but it is significantly less than buying from Lutron.
I’m
meeting with their sales manager tomorrow afternoon, and will be beating
him up
on price(!) Domestic lighting really is a new venture for them, and
I’m
really playing systems integrator with their kit, intelligent curtain and
venitian
blind controllers (from the Farnborough Blind company – Silent Gliss
‘pro’
range functionality but without the mark up), plus simple integration to
the
alarm over RS232. And yes I am loosing sleep over it.
Thanks for the input –
I’ll
make a decision one day…
Tim.