Re: Re: X10 Retrofit ?

["Marcus Warrington" <marcusw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frank,

sorry, I hadn't twigged you meant wireless.

Do these switches take a battery or do the leech power from the switch
wire?

Wireless does offer a great benefit for retrofit, but what sort of range
does
it have. Do the switches work like ZWave, leapfrogging the signal to one
another?

I assume its only just being launched in Australia... how long before we
UK people get it ?

Prices ?


Marcus

>> "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>
>> I've looked at the CBUS stuff but its too expensive, I could just
about
>> afford the Dimmer units etc but then by the time I add on the cost
of the
>> CBUS light switches it becomes too much. There are currently
around 20
>> light switches in the house and so the cost of switches alone
would work
>> out far more than the whole X10 install
>>
>>Do the upgrade one room at a time...........
>>
>>> Also, I thought that the CBUS light switches needed to
connected by cat5,
>>this
>>> would be a BIG problem for me as running a cat5 cable to each
switch would
>>> be a massive job (all my walls are brick and plaster.. no stud
walls).
>>>
>>
>>Thats the hardwired system....Last night here in Melbourne Clipsal
Launched
>>the Wireless kit....
>>You can get wall switches Saturns and Neo,s with a single channel
or dual
>>channel built into the switch....the switches come in two gang 4
gang 6 gang
>>....and an 8 gang in Neo.....
>>
>>Its just a matter of taking off the exisiting wall switch and
dropping in a
>>Wireless switch.........and if you move house just install normal
wall
>>switches again......
>>
>>Frank