Lutron lighting

[Gordon]

I’ve been asked to price cabling only for a Lutron lighting system but am unsure of the general cabling requirements, a mate tells me that a cat5 plus live/neutral is required from each switch back to the control box, the down lighter zones cabled as normal from switch point. Can anybody throw some light on the subject? Cheers.

 

[staylor34]

Hi Gordon,

I believe you have some form of controller mounted within a cupboard or by the mains. The switch (Lutron) is wired in Cat5E, mains into the controller with mains out to the light(s) to be controlled.
There are many types of switches available. Lutron will do a free design and quote if you send the required spec.

 

[High Tower]

If its the rania or lyreo then the wire just like normal dimmers

Graffik eyes need cat 5's between them for comms

 

[D Skelton]

You will need to wire from the Graffik Eye to each set of lighting (or zone) and then wire between the Graffik Eye to each wall station in a daisy chain configuration. I would not as others have reccommended use cat 5 for the comms wiring as it is not suitable for the application. The cable you need to use has to have insulation that is rated the same as cables for low voltage application.

This is the cable I use for Lutron PELV wiring: Buy Twisted & Multipair Industrial Cable ProTekt 300V Unshielded 18AWG 2 pair Alpha Wire B966021 GE321 online from RS for next day delivery.

 

[danibanez]

I’ve been asked to price cabling only for a Lutron lighting system but am unsure of the general cabling requirements, a mate tells me that a cat5 plus live/neutral is required from each switch back to the control box, the down lighter zones cabled as normal from switch point. Can anybody throw some light on the subject? Cheers.

Hi mate. The company I work for a lutron installers I'm always working with it. You can use cat 5/6 but we advice the use special lutron cable (its blue and red) for all the keypads. Daisy chain them in a ring with a maximum of 8 keypads on each ring back to the dimmer packs where your lighting feeds go back to. It's easy.. Same thing with crestron too and a word of warning. Depending on the keypads.. Don't throw your average 35mm box in the wall because some keypad back boxes are DEEP. Need any other info let us know. Good luck

 

[aikibod]

Danibanez, et al

Utilising Cat5e for Head unit to keypads, do you wire in the 4no connections and leave the drain?

Cheers

 

[danibanez]

Danibanez, et al

Utilising Cat5e for Head unit to keypads, do you wire in the 4no connections and leave the drain?

Cheers[/QUOTE
its up to you if you want to use the drain wire mate, if its there connect it to earth id say, but i dont normally use cat5 for the keypads i use the grafik eye cable. your gonna need to get all the keypads assigned and programmed though mate