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

["msgindia" <marksgraves@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Lehane.  What model DMX dimmers did you use?

I was thinking of heated flooring in the bath rooms, but I haven't heard
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a heated mirror.

"each fed with an SWK."  What is SWK?

Mark

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "g8kmh" <lehane@...> wrote:
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> Whatever you use (and I went for DMX dimmers at =A35 a channel and
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ad no problems  in 3 years with both LV lights/toroidals and GU10) I'd 
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cur with the home run everything. In my case with an Oak frame it wasn't
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ysically possible to bring them all back to Node Zero, so there are other
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pots where the dimmer packs lurk (back of bathroom, under eaves,..) each
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d with SWA(overkill!) and a consumer unit. I also got the sparks to use
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/LSZH cable for the home runs, as there was so much of it :-)
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> Don't forget all the other things you might want to control and home
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those too..heated mirrors, underfloor, etc. Even if for now you just wire
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nto the consumer unit in Node x.
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> --- 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
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everal years but ended up replacing it with CBus which is far more
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and flexible. IME, I had a fair few issues with un-commanded lights coming=
on around the house when using X10 - very ghostly! Of course, it all depen=
ds on how much you want to spend though - X10 is certainly a lot cheaper.
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> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > Of msgindia
> > > Sent: 06 December 2009 13:06
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > 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
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> > > 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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