Re: best deal on lutron radio ra?

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Maybe it's just me, but I feel more comfortable with a reliable
> powerline solution. With the proliferation of electronics communicating
> wirelessly these days, who knows what future device could interfere
> with your house? It's like the X-10 worry that the next thing you plug
> in will take down your house.

Eh, powerline as reliable?  I've not found that to be the case.  Line noise
and other factors have plagued PLC forever.  While the RF spectrum is not
without it's issues for a single family home it can work well.  In a crowded
condo or apartment building it's another matter but that's also going to be
the case with PLC as well.

But what really drives my interest is actual attention to use by non-savvy
personnel.  The switchgear on most home automation systems just sucks.
Combine that with various oddball interfaces and it becomes something that
normal people end up hating.  They just want to whack a switch and have the
lights WORK.  The scene controllers for Radio RA come the closest I've seen
to anything approaching that.  At least without getting into even higher-end
systems like Vantage or Crestron.