Re: Motorized blind retrofit

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why don't you get power supplies to replace all the batteries and hot wire
the IR control relays to work via a switches?   It wouldn't surprise me if
you found board jumpers or even a connector for a hard-wired switch on the
control unit. It's not unusual to have dual control options on motorized
blinds.

--
Bobby G.


"Dave Horoschak" <dth930@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> By wired I mean that I want them to be mains powered and use a hardwired
> contact closure to activate.  I already have the PowerRise (battery
> powered, IR remote control) HD blinds, so I would prefer to just replace
> the motors or headrails and keep the blinds themselves.  Believe it or
> not, HD wants $9000 to convert 11 blinds, which seems outrageous.  There
> has to be a cheaper way.
>   - Dave
>
>
> Dave Houston wrote:
> > What do you mean by "wired"?
> >
> > Hunter Douglas makes versions that are powered from the mains (using low
> > voltage wall transformers).
> >
> > Dave Horoschak <dth930@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone been able to retrofit existing shades or blinds into
> >> motorized units?  I have Hunter Douglas PowerRise blinds which are
> >> battery powered, but I'd like to retrofit them to a wired system for
> >> more reliability and better performance.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to purchase just the motors or the headrail assemblies
so
> >> that I can reuse my existing material?  I know that companies like BTX
> >> and Somfy offer this sort of thing, but their cost to retrofit is about
> >> $300/shade and they won't sell the motors separately.  I'm sure I could
> >> do the retrofit if I could get my hands on the appropriate motors.
> >>  - Dave
> >