Re: Re: momentary push switches/LD11

[Andy Bovingdon <bov@xxxxxxx>]

At 02:42 PM 14-02-02 +0000, you wrote:
>I connected my first LD11 on Saturday and now have 4 working with
>another 2 or 3 going in this weekend. For me the most dificult bit
>(by far!) is running the cable. But I am rewiring every light switch
>and light fitting because they have been put in so badly with hardly
>any earth and unfathomable 'logic' applied to what is on each
>circuit. Adding X10 is the easy bit.

I started out by getting an electrician to do the wiring for me - got
a lot of tips from watching him. To re-wire new spot lights into the
living room he drilled all the holes first (using a small drill to
check there were no joists above first). He then pushed all the wires
back along the joist spaces as far as he could - he bent the wire
ends and hooked them over the end of a piece of plastic cable trunking.
He only had to open up a small slot in the floor above to access all
these cables which he either joined up or routed through a small hole
drilled through each joist. The hardest bit was cutting the slot in
the floor above to gain access - it needed a circular saw set to the
right depth. He did the whole room (11 spots and 2 wall lights) in
half a day.

It may have been easier for me though as I have a set of small
narrow rooms/pantries etc that run along the back wall of the
house - ideal for stacks of AV and HA stuff. But the lesson I
learned was that I was right not to be scared to go the whole
distance rather than looking to settle for switch replacements
and socket rockets.


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