iLight OR CBus ??

["Stephen Jones" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone ever properly compared the iLight iCAN range to CBus kit?

I've never sat down yet and compared specs and prices in detail of each
kit,
but there's been a lot of talk onlist over the last few months about
protecting input and output channels of CBus dimmers, whereas the dimmer
racks by iLight (or Dynalite) are supplied made up with MCB's and ready to
be connected to the loads and supply.

If when using CBus dimmers we follow the guidance of using MCB's to protect
the input and output channels it seriously increases the work of
installation and the chance of something being mis-wired. And of course
makes it more difficult to modify at a later date.

Of course the new CBus products will make the system stand out from the
other lighting control system manufacturers, but the lack of spec's and
pricing from Clipsal, the fact they keep putting back the release dates and
that Clipsal as a company have failed to do what they promised to do on
many
occasions doesn't give me much confidence.

If it wasn't for the support and service given by Li (of CBus Shop) we'd
really be getting annoyed with Clipsal by now. It would appear that we've
been extremely unlucky with the number of faults we've had with CBus kit
including faulty dimmers, relays & touchscreens. And that's only on the
one
install!

All this leads me to think that maybe the iLight range may not so be bad
after all?

If anyone has any experience they'd like to share please reply on or
offlist.

Thanks

Stephen