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

["g8kmh" <lehane@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I used the NJD units DPX12/4.

It was SWA - Steel  Wire Armoured. As I say, it is overkill in a domestic
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ituation.

Lehane


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "msgindia" <marksgraves@...> wrote:
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> Thanks Lehane.  What model DMX dimmers did you use?
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of a heated mirror.
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> "each fed with an SWK."  What is SWK?
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> Mark
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> --- 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 have=
had no problems  in 3 years with both LV lights/toroidals and GU10) I'd  c=
oncur with the home run everything. In my case with an Oak frame it wasn't
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physically possible to bring them all back to Node Zero, so there are
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spots where the dimmer packs lurk (back of bathroom, under eaves,..) each =
fed with SWA(overkill!) and a consumer unit. I also got the sparks to use
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SF/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 ru=
n those too..heated mirrors, underfloor, etc. Even if for now you just
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into the consumer unit in Node x.
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> > Lehane
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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 for=
several years but ended up replacing it with CBus which is far more reliab=
le and flexible. IME, I had a fair few issues with un-commanded lights
comi=
ng on around the house when using X10 - very ghostly! Of course, it all
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ends on how much you want to spend though - X10 is certainly a lot cheaper.
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> > > Paul.
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Beh=
alf
> > > > Of msgindia
> > > > Sent: 06 December 2009 13:06
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] If building a house would you use
X-10?
> > > >
> > > > I've been planning my retirement home for a while now
and was think=
ing
> > > > 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 li=
ke
> > > > home-run cabling with centrally located relays/dimmers?
 What do yo=
u
> > > > see as pluses and minuses (besides the cost of wire)?
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> > > > Mark
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