Re: Home automation equipment

["Brian Milton" <bmilton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Colin,

Welcome to the group! Good to see some Irish HA'ers around here I
taught I was the only one.  Where abouts are you?  I'm in Dublin
should you wish to chat about ideas etc. But this list will keep you
busy with the amount info it supplies.

Which reminds me I always wanted to ask if there are many people from
Ireland here?  We could have our own UKHA yearly meeting Or maybe IEHA
meeting ;)

Just to add to Paul & Des's info.  I can't agree more with putting
Cat5e cable everywhere possible.  I'm finished wiring etc a while now.
Trying to get my Node0 finished and i've found places i wish i had
put cat5 but It's not to bad as i have sockets everywhere around each
room so it won't be to hard to get what I want.  As for wiring lights
I wish i had wired it so i could put C-Bus in at a later date but
never allowed for it :(

Cheers
Brian

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Des Gibbons" <des@f...> wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
>
> Just to add to Paul's excellent advice...
>
>
> Speaker cable to rooms where you want speakers :) Speaker cable type,
> depends on budget, either 1.5mm2 T&E flex cable or high end multi
strand
> audio cable.
>
> I would advise you to use 6 core alarm cable to places where you
want alarm
> sensors, PIR's etc mainly because of the flexibility of the cable,
solid
> cat5e is a bitch to work with in tight spaces ie alarm contacts. (From
> personal experience) Also, there is a good chance that you will
damage the
> solid cat5e as it is so inflexible, not great if you have little play
to
> work with. (From personal experience)
>
> Some alarm systems (Comfort) specify shielded cable for their
intercoms.
>
> One of the biggest decisions when designing lighting is to go for
homerun or
> ring lighting, lets just say that on a new build mid to high end
house, you
> would be mad to go for ring ;) For the lighting system, unless your
budget
> is miniscule you should check out clipsal cbus, good
> price/feature/reliability system.
>
> UHF distribution, probably a good idea to run at least 1 ct-100 cable
to
> each possible location for TV. I have one in each TV point in each
room, but
> in certain main rooms, I have 2-4 per possible TV location, mainly
to allow
> for sky+.
>
> Running cables to outside should also be planned at this stage, as
it is a
> pain to run them after 1st fix stage. CCTV cables, gate automation,
traffic
> sensors. And as someone mentioned recently, a feed to the boundary
to allow
> for viewing of the house by cctv is a good idea.
>
> Other things that may or may not interest you...
>
> IR distribution
> 12V distribution
>
> Im sure your head is full of questions now :)
>
> I take it you are in Northern Ireland?
>
> Cheers, Des.