RE: Photos please - X10 wiring examples

["Tim" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Marcus,

Pros/cons seem to be largely as I thought :-)
One of my locations will be a garden outbuilding, so I may well opt for a
plain enclosure there (so no meddling fingers...) but consumer units look
t=
o
be good options for elsewhere.


Cheers,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Marcus Warrington
> Sent: 22 August 2007 15:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Photos please - X10 wiring examples
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> Tim.
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> > Thanks Marcus (I do remember your nice dropped ceiling - :-) )
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> Thanks.. :-)
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> > What's the advantage of using a consumer unit over "a bit of
DIN rail
> > in a plain enclosure"?
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> Non really... except that those units only cost something like =A325
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> bet is probably cheaper than plain enclosure and bus bars.
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> > because I don't think you can make use of the
> > bus bars that would normally run underneath the MCBs if you use
X10
> > modules, can you?
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> Correct, the brass bus bars were thrown away (as well as the power
> tails).. just used loops of wire to connect the LD11's together.
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> > You get the sets of common terminals that you have at the top of
your
> > enclosures,
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> Correct,  I made use of the earth bar to connect all the earth wires
etc,
> and neutral bar at the top of the unit was used to connect the
incoming
> power feed and the LD11's..
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> >and probably easier access to change fuses/housecodes etc,
> > but is there anything else?
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> Neat and tidy...
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> Professional looking...
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> Safer.. since all the High Voltage wires are hidden inside the unit,
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> still allowing access to the LD11 to select House/Unit Code and fuses
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> being consumer units they're rated for the job in terms of
> fire/heat/insulation etc
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> Cheap.. given that they only cost around =A325 a pop.. http://www.tlc-
> direct.co.uk/Products/MK5616.html
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> Marcus
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> ________________________________
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Tim Hawes
> Sent: 22 August 2007 12:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Photos please - X10 wiring examples
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> Thanks Marcus (I do remember your nice dropped ceiling - :-) )
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> What's the advantage of using a consumer unit over "a bit of DIN
rail
> in a plain enclosure"? because I don't think you can make use of
the
> bus bars that would normally run underneath the MCBs if you use X10
> modules, can you?
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> You get the sets of common terminals that you have at the top of your
> enclosures, and probably easier access to change fuses/housecodes etc,
> but is there anything else?
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> Cheers,
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> Tim.
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> On 8/22/07, Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:marcus.warrington%40mis-es.com>
> wrote:
> > Not the worlds neatest job but here are some pictures of our LD11
> > controlled lighting that I retrofitted a few years ago.
> >
> >
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> > http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Node0/Node1/index.html
> <http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Node0/Node1/index.html>
> >
> >
> >
> > These are all fitted in the top of a cupboard, under the
staircase to
> > the attic, on the 1st floor. I ran a single T&E back from
each ceiling
> > rose to these consumer units and used one wire to divert the
"switch"
> > wire to the LD11 and the other wire then returns the switched
live back
> > to the ceiling rose.
> >
> >
> >
> > The downstairs dining room, utility and kitchen are controlled
from a
> > separate consumer unit hidden in the dining room false ceiling.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Dining%20Room/slides/CIMG0672=
.
> <http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Dining%20Room/slides/CIMG0672.=
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> > html
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> > if that picture doesn't make much sense its probably because the
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> > is a suspended dropped ceiling inset from the edges of the room.
Here's
> > a picture that may make it clearer.
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> >
> >
> > http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Dining%20Room/slides/CIMG0674=
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> <http://www.marcusw.dsl.pipex.com/webalbum/Dining%20Room/slides/CIMG0674.=
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> > html
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> > Marcus
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> > ________________________________
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> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> Behalf
> > Of Tim
> > Sent: 21 August 2007 23:12
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Photos please - X10 wiring examples
> >
> >
> >
> > It's coming to the point where I need to put some X10 modules
into
> > consumer
> > units and I was wondering if anyone had some picture of their own
> > efforts
> > that they'd like to share.
> >
> > I thought I had a few links saved up, but the old sites are
either dead=
,
> > or
> > I can't find the emails I thought I remembered.
> >
> > Someone, I know, had three-off triple rail cabinets stuffed full
of
> > modules,
> > I just can't remember who, or whether it showed the internal
wiring as
> > well.
> >
> > I did find a few CBus installs but was really after X10. Can
anyone
> > oblige?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Tim.=20