Re: Best approach to HA for lighting control

[Stuart Poulton <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thermostatic Radiator Valve.

Although I suspect several members on the list read it as TVR and start to
drool.



On 25 May 2012, at 14:09, Neil Wrightson wrote:

> What is a TRV valve ???
>
> Neil.
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Birch
> Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012 10:42 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Best approach to HA for lighting control
>
> I have a similar problem having just bought a largish Georgian house.
In
> my case, the house has already been renovated so installing wires is
> unattractive. I took a long look at the various wireless solutions and
> believe z-wave will probably solve the problem.
>
> The only issue is a lack of TRV valves. The only one on the market is
made
> by Danfoss, and they seem to be using z-wave as the transport for
> a proprietary system, Very narrow minded.
>
> Lightwaverf is also promising but their products lack two way comms.
That
> is not reliable enough for my taste.
>
> So ... I keep waiting!
>
> Lightwaverf is working on a new "pro" series which will be
two way, that
> may be the solution.
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:14 PM, James Reed <james@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:james%40familyreed.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm in the middle of buying a house, which is a largish Victorian
> > terrace. It needs a lot of work but we are going to have to do it
in
> > stages because we can't afford a full scale renovation in one go
- and
> > anyway we have to live in it!
> >
> > I'd love to embed some HA really to do lighting control to begin
with
> > although I'd like to extend it to other things in due course.
I've got
> > some Homeeasy products at the moment, and although I found the
switched
> > sockets good the lighting modules / dimmers have been unreliable
and I'm
> > not really satisfied with it as a permanent / long term solution.
Also I
> > hear that lightwaverf has similar issues and it does not seem to
be well
> > supported either.
> >
> > I've looked at things like c-bus wireless which looks much better
but is
> > expensive. Ideally I would like to use a wired solution with cat5
> > everywhere, and this may prove possible but it would have to be
done
> > room by room.
> >
> > If I was going to use c-bus could I do it on a piecemeal basis or
would
> > it need to be done in one go? ALso do I need a specialist
installer or
> > could it be done diy or with help from a general electrician? Are
there
> > any other systems I should consider? I don't have much budget for
this
> > so would prefer to be cheaper if poss but I'm aware that you get
what
> > you pay for and I've not found HE that good even though it was
cheap.
> >
> > I'd be grateful for any thoughts
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
>
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