RE: CBus wiring

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Phil - ah yes I remember now.

So what are the options where I can't really run any new cable to a switch?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 27 February 2007 22:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBus wiring
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> > The other existing switches that don't have Cat5 will be nearly
> > impossible to install new cabling to. I was thinking of using bus
> > couplers to use the existing switches. Can I use an existing
1.5mm
> T&E
> > cable to run this back to the CBus dimmers?
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> Be aware that the bus couplers were intended for use in the back of an
> existing switch with only short cable lengths between the switch and
> the bus
> coupler and were not designed for long switch lines to be attached to
> them.
> The inputs to the bus coupler are not buffered and isolated in the
same
> way
> that the inputs on an AUX input module are and so long cable runs to
> the
> inputs of a bus coupler *COULD* cause intermittent or undesirable
> operation.
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> Phil
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