Re: high voltage home runs?

[Charlie Derk <cderk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Although Centralite is cheaper, other manufacturers such as Lutron,
Vantage and LiteTouch make systems that are wired similarly.

I have the Lutron HomeWorks system installed in my house.  I think in
the end, the wiring becomes a wash.  Even though there are a lot of
homeruns of Romex, you don't have to wire 3-ways, 4-ways, etc.

Robert mentions that all the processing is done centrally, which is true
in all these systems.  The one thing that you need to be aware of is
having some way of overriding the system.

For example, in the Lutron system in the event that the house gets hit
by lightning and the processor goes out, I still have an override switch
to turn lights on.

The biggest benefit of having a system like this with all the lights
homerun back to a dimming panel is that it elminates the wall clutter
that traditional switches would create.  Instead of having switches all
over the walls, I just have single-gang keypads.

Regards,
Charlie

John O wrote:
> I'm reading a contribution to my project from an author who claims there are
> lighting controller devices that require 120 VAC runs between the controller
> and each controlled light circuit.
>
> At a glance, this seems like a helluva lot of work, a crazy way to wire a
> house, and outrageously expensive. Would such a system ever be built these
> days? Did such systems ever exist?
>
> -John O
>
>