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

["msgindia" <marksgraves@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tracey.  What do you mean by "sub-consumer units?"

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tracey Gardner"
<tracey.gardner@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Mark
>
> The cost of the CAT5 is negligible, especially if you flood wire the
place
> and buy lots at one time.
> The point to bear in mind is that if you go down the home-run cabling
with
> centrally located relays/dimmers route, you will need to run your
mains
> wiring as radials back to these centrally located points in order to
be able
> to control it.
> I have six sub-consumer units located in my self-build and all the
mains
> wiring is run back in 4mm T&E as radials.
> There are multiple CAT5 feeds to all the sub-consumer unit points.
>
> Tracey
>
>
>
> > 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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