RE: Best approach to HA for lighting control

[Stephen Birch <sgbirch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thermostatic Radiator Valve.

To properly control my house heating I need a trv which not only opens at a
temperature set via zwave, but also lets Vera know heat is required so Vera
can light the boiler and turn on the water pump.

Nobody seems to make that yet.

Lightwaverf is close but, alas, not zwave nor 2 way rf.

Steve
On May 25, 2012 5:07 PM, "Neil Wrightson" <neilw@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> **
>
>
> What is a TRV valve ???
>
> Neil.
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Birch
> Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012 10:42 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Best approach to HA for lighting control
>
> I have a similar problem having just bought a largish Georgian house.
In
> my case, the house has already been renovated so installing wires is
> unattractive. I took a long look at the various wireless solutions and
> believe z-wave will probably solve the problem.
>
> The only issue is a lack of TRV valves. The only one on the market is
made
> by Danfoss, and they seem to be using z-wave as the transport for
> a proprietary system, Very narrow minded.
>
> Lightwaverf is also promising but their products lack two way comms.
That
> is not reliable enough for my taste.
>
> So ... I keep waiting!
>
> Lightwaverf is working on a new "pro" series which will be
two way, that
> may be the solution.
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:14 PM, James Reed <james@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:james%40familyreed.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm in the middle of buying a house, which is a largish Victorian
> > terrace. It needs a lot of work but we are going to have to do it
in
> > stages because we can't afford a full scale renovation in one go
- and
> > anyway we have to live in it!
> >
> > I'd love to embed some HA really to do lighting control to begin
with
> > although I'd like to extend it to other things in due course.
I've got
> > some Homeeasy products at the moment, and although I found the
switched
> > sockets good the lighting modules / dimmers have been unreliable
and I'm
> > not really satisfied with it as a permanent / long term solution.
Also I
> > hear that lightwaverf has similar issues and it does not seem to
be well
> > supported either.
> >
> > I've looked at things like c-bus wireless which looks much better
but is
> > expensive. Ideally I would like to use a wired solution with cat5
> > everywhere, and this may prove possible but it would have to be
done
> > room by room.
> >
> > If I was going to use c-bus could I do it on a piecemeal basis or
would
> > it need to be done in one go? ALso do I need a specialist
installer or
> > could it be done diy or with help from a general electrician? Are
there
> > any other systems I should consider? I don't have much budget for
this
> > so would prefer to be cheaper if poss but I'm aware that you get
what
> > you pay for and I've not found HE that good even though it was
cheap.
> >
> > I'd be grateful for any thoughts
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
>
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