Re: LV Halogens AGAIN!

[Alan Shields <ha@xxxxxxx>]

You may want to consider using the special cbus pink cat 5, I believe
it has a higher grade insulation to comply with regulations regarding
running low voltage cables in the same space as mains.

That said I did exactly what you are considering with regular cat 5
which is sitting unused in case I decide to ditch my ld10's/11's for
something better.

Alan Shields



On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 08:10  am, Mark Taylor wrote:

> Frank
>
> no the Cat5 was to give me the option to go Cbus as
> someone else told me that Cat5 was all that was needed
> at the switch for Cbus. If I go Cbus (awaiting news on
> courses and pricing from Clipsal) I will just
> disconnect T&E and leave it for if I ever move and
> want to take HA kit with me.
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
>  --- Frank Mc Alinden <fmcalind@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------
> Hi Mark
>
>
>> My assumption is that this does not proclude Cbus >if
> I decide to do a
>> course and if I decide x10 I can stick a dinrail
>> module in the fuse
>> box and a momentary switch on the wall.
>
> Are you intending on using the cat5 for the momentary
> switch if you use x10 ???...I think the momentry input
> on the x10 din modules is 240v ???
>
> Frank
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: mhctaylor
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:19 AM
>   Subject: [ukha_d] LV Halogens AGAIN!
>
>
>   Sorry about covering LV ground again but as a newbie
> I havent quite
>   got used to the message traffic on this list yet and
> searching it
>   takes some time on a vintage analogue connection :-)
>
>   I still have not made a decision on x10 or Cbus so
> here is what I am
>   proposing to test out this weekend - I hope someone
> will give it the
>   UKHA seal of approval or (more likely) put me
> straight!
>
>   I am going to wire a circuit straight from fuse box
> to switch and
>   fuse box to LV transformers. I will also run Cat5
> from Node 0 to
>   switch.
>
>   My assumption is that this does not proclude Cbus if
> I decide to do a
>   course and if I decide x10 I can stick a dinrail
> module in the fuse
>   box and a momentary switch on the wall.
>
>   So how did I do ??? :-)
>
>   Cheers
>   Mark
>
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