Re: X10 - how ?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>]

C_Bus is not cheap BUT IMHO its affordable....Im certainly glad i went
down=
the C_Bus path even though i had to purchase the kit over a period of seve=
ral months.......and thats for a little 3 bedroom brick veneer.....


>In a new build you will also save some money because you
>don't have to run mains cables to every light switch in the house,
>just a
>single CAT5.

Having recently assisted another sparkie do a rough in (1st stage) of a
new=
installation IMHO  you dont really save on mains cable at all...I would su=
spect maybe the same or a little more  with C-bus....But the system has
gre=
ater switching flexibility and easily expanded....

Frank




----- Original Message -----=20
From: Mark McCall=20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] X10 - how ?


> Comfort has the 8-channel dimmer for =A3430, 12-channel relay for
=A351=
2.
> The 4 channel switch interface is =A388.

The 1 amp x 8 channel dimmer is not a lot more expensive than 8 X10 DIN R=
ail
modules.

> It's a ludicrous price for what this stuff actually does.

I have to disagree completely with that statement.  Some modules do seem
usually expensive (like the Ethernet one for example).  But a system usin=
g
the 8 channel one amp dimmers along with bus couplers for the switches is
providing a very high quality professional bus lighting system for a very
reasonable cost.  In a new build you will also save some money because yo=
u
don't have to run mains cables to every light switch in the house, just a
single CAT5.

This thread started with complaints about X10's abilities.  C-Bus is a gr=
eat
alternative which is more robust and has more features.  It's always goin=
g
to be more expensive than a plug-in X10 module, but would you really expe=
ct
it to be anything else?  It's not the crazy prices of some other hard wir=
ed
system which are clearly aimed at the millionaire types.  It's an
affordable, quality system.

Mark McCall