Re: high voltage home runs?

["Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good points, Charlie.  You might also want to note that these systems --
Lutron, CentraLite, etc. -- also have RS232 or better connectivity for
integration with whatever HA controller you might want to use.  The
well-established brands are also supported by many hardware and software HA
suppliers so integration isn't such a fuss.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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"Charlie Derk" <cderk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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