Re: If building a house would you use X-10?

["g8kmh" <lehane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Whatever you use (and I went for DMX dimmers at =A35 a channel and have
had=
no problems  in 3 years with both LV lights/toroidals and GU10) I'd  concu=
r with the home run everything. In my case with an Oak frame it wasn't
phys=
ically possible to bring them all back to Node Zero, so there are other
spo=
ts where the dimmer packs lurk (back of bathroom, under eaves,..) each fed
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with SWA(overkill!) and a consumer unit. I also got the sparks to use
LSF/L=
SZH cable for the home runs, as there was so much of it :-)

Don't forget all the other things you might want to control and home run
th=
ose too..heated mirrors, underfloor, etc. Even if for now you just wire
int=
o the consumer unit in Node x.

Lehane




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Paul Gale <groups2@...> wrote:
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> I certainly wouldn't use X10 again for the whole house - did that for
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eral years but ended up replacing it with CBus which is far more reliable
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nd flexible. IME, I had a fair few issues with un-commanded lights coming
o=
n around the house when using X10 - very ghostly! Of course, it all
depends=
on how much you want to spend though - X10 is certainly a lot cheaper.
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> > Subject: [ukha_d] If building a house would you use X-10?
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> > I've been planning my retirement home for a while now and was
thinking
> > that I'll have a unique opportunity of being able to install some
> > things that would be too much trouble in a completed house.  If
you
> > were in the same boat would you use X-10 or maybe something else
like
> > home-run cabling with centrally located relays/dimmers?  What do
you
> > see as pluses and minuses (besides the cost of wire)?
> >
> > Mark
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