RE: CBus wiring

["Mike Griffiths" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The quick answer is
Ease of identification
You can just snipe into it and add extra sensors / switches
It really is worth it if you are running it with other Cat5 cables
believe me

There is also the safety issue on the mains screening
I have "cheated" in the past on a couple of runs by using the
T&E from
the switch to the floor boards to feed touchscreen B&W and cbus
switches
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Paul Gale
Sent: 27 February 2007 21:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] CBus wiring

Building work starts next week on my loft conversion and I'm still
planning on moving from X10 throughout the house to CBus. Before we get
too far down the line, I need to think about CBus wiring and where
necessary, get it installed, so:

What's the advantage of using the pink CBus cabling over standard Cat5?
I have Cat5 to many of the light switches already, just waiting to be
used. Do I need to run the CBus stuff and why?

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?

Thanks,

Paul.





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