Re: EIB installation

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Mal
Well here in Australia there are several large housing projects
which have been  smart wired and it looks like with the formation of the
Copper Developement Centre smart wired homes will become more common......
http://www.copper.com.au/cdc/view_article.asp?CID=10&AID=30

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@frontier.co.uk>
To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] EIB installation


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@bigpond.net.au>
> To: <ukha_d@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] EIB installation
>
>
> > Hi Martin
> > >Just say we wire the house with a bus system and it
> > >works perfectly for years and then we sell it,
> >
> > In a few years time intelligent lighting will be the norm and
there will
> be
> > sufficient supply of  electrical contractors out there who will
have the
> > skills to install / maintain these systems IMHO....
> > Would have thought an Electrical Engineer would be more forward
thinking
> ???
> > Arnt these the people that brought us from a control relay
system....to
> plc
> > ,s scada,s....
> >  etc.....
> > Frank
> >
>
> I don't think that's very likely.  Standard wiring will be the norm
for
> decades to come yet.  It's cheap, it works, and the supposed benefits
of
> home automation are not worth the cost for the vast majority of
people.
>
> If there comes a day when "intelligent lighting" is the
norm, you can be
> sure it won't be using any of todays systems, so there will never be a
ready
> supply of electrical contractors who are familiar with X10, CBus etc.
>
> The ability to revert the house to more standard wiring is important -
a
> potential buyer may be intimidated by the maintenance of an HA setup;
it
> would be better to be able to undo it and make the sale - plus you
could
> then take all that expensive kit with you :-)
>
> Mal
>
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