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Hi
Tim,
Is
there something special about the current demands of your IR emitter that
warrants a cable capable of carrying 20 Amps !!!
Use a
bit of our old favourite....CAT5. That will easily handle the few milliamps
required and being twisted pair will be more immune to interference that
your
pricey cable.
Nice
to see that the MD of QED still keep his hand in though
:-)
As an
aside, if your dimmer panels are in there and you have quite a lot of
lights
spending a lot of time dimmed, ensure you have some ventilation as it could
get
very warm.
A
ducted bathroom fan controlled by a thermostat could help. Better to
consider at
this stage rather than finding out later even if you only put the duct in
for
now.
Keith
I’ve bought an RC-5200 plus the
Philips RF-IR unit (they do work together, and the Philips unit is 25 quid
cheaper).
I’m slightly concerned as the
cupboard I want to house the sky+ box is also going to be home to at least
2
dimmer panels, which could potentially interfere. The blaster, though not
quite as powerful as a stock Pronto will certainly fire IR across a room,
so I
was thinking of mounting the unit on the ceiling opposite the main
equipment
stack so that I can operate the remote without pointing ala Crestron. If I
want to attach one of the supplied emitter leads (double headed) Xantech
styleto the same box and extend its lead, what sort of cable length can I
use?
It will be laid in the ceiling before decoration so I can use something
with a
low resistance per unit length – probably something like QED 79 strand as
the
MD of QED is doing my “automation” type wiring.
Tim
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more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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