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Re: Re: Getting Ready for CBUS



Don't forget that you don't want lights close to each other on the same
dimmer. Ideally,
if a dimmer blows, you would like to lose various lights throughout the
house rather than
lots of lights in one area. For example, if you have 4 CBus channels in
your lounge, you'd
want them on different dimmers.

Consequently, some of my dimmers will control circuits that are both
upstairs and
downstairs and are therefore on the same CU circuit. But then, I'm having
all my CBus fed
>from
dimmers. So each dimmer will have its own MCB from the secondary board.

All my lights are wired back to node0 - where the secondary board is.

Disclaimer: I am not an electrician

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frost Neil" <Neil.Frost@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Getting Ready for CBUS


> Thanks Frank,
>
> I've got the upstairs and downstairs on two separate circuit breakers
anyway
> in the main consumer unit(CU) where the mains comes in off the street,
but
> in preparation for future installation, I was thinking of splitting
that
> even further, that way, I assume, it would be easier to install the
cbus
> bits.. (Into additional CUs located in Node0, the main CU is in the
> kitchen).
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: armagh_elect [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 November 2003 11:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Getting Ready for CBUS
>
>
> Hi Neil
>
>
> > feeds for each set of lights via individual 6a mcbs (each set of
> lights
> > having its own mcb).?
>
> You could do it this way....I would have thought a circuitBreaker
> for upstairs and one for downstairs....I have mine on a 10A circuit
> breaker....Dean will be able to clarify this one.......
>
> > How wide does the consumer unit need to be for the 8way CBUS unit
> (I guess
> > in mcbs..)?
>
> 12 modules........
>
>
> > switches, the CBUS "dimmable" unit says it is for Low
voltage and
> > incandescent lights.... Do I use that for the mains halogen?
>
> Yes....
>
> > Oh and does anyone know the best place to buy low cost consumer
> units?
>
> Paul Gale or Brian ?? can point you in the right direction......
>
> HTH
>
> Frank
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Frost Neil <Neil.Frost@s...> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've been drooling over Franks CBUS installation thinking "I
Want,
> I Want".
> > But as always funds become an issue.... So
> >
> > I'm in the process of rewiring the lights in the house and had a
> > thought..... I can't afford the CBUS stuff yet... but I should be
> able to
> > cable for it.
> >
> > The mains feed for the upstairs lights goes through my Node 0 so,
> is it
> > feasible to put a consumer unit in the middle of it all and,
> instead of
> > running the mains feed from junction box to junction box, run
> separate mains
> > feeds for each set of lights via individual 6a mcbs (each set of
> lights
> > having its own mcb).?
> >
> > That way when I come to put in the CBUS (or as an interim put
some
> X10
> > modules in) all the mains wiring is in place and I can just swap
> the mcbs
> > for the CBUS module.
> >
> > That brings me onto another couple of questions.....
> >
> > How wide does the consumer unit need to be for the 8way CBUS unit
> (I guess
> > in mcbs..)?
> > I have Mains halogen lights in the rooms that are dimmable using
> IR light
> > switches, the CBUS "dimmable" unit says it is for Low
voltage and
> > incandescent lights.... Do I use that for the mains halogen?
> >
> > Oh and does anyone know the best place to buy low cost consumer
> units?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Neil



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