New house wiring ideas

[Engineer54]

Its been the standard for quite a few years especially in the prestigious houses but obviously not in the Middle East lol
dont be scared of new technology..

We have more than enough of what you call ''New Technology'' on our projects, and it's fine while it works, unfortunately much of it doesn't work for too long. It's often one of the banes of our 12 month warranty periods. It's nothing to do with being ''Scared'' of new technology, more a case of being aware of the cost vs reliability issues. At the moment much of this stuff doesn't stack up too well...

You obviously haven't been to the Middle East then, you don't get much more prestigious houses than you'll find in that part of the world, at least the owners of those properties have the money to continually change from one system to the next. ... lol!!

 

[R G]

On Southern Electric I remember fitting the Electretech system that they came out with in the 80s/early 90s , it was problematic , cost fortunes and was scrapped within 4 years or so , so all the cables etc that went in are redundant...

I and probably many others would like to invest in some sort of system that will always be around , but these things just seem to come and go and cost lots as well and your left with having to deal with issues afterwards...

 

[Charlie_]

That was 30 years ago.. I don't have such problems with the KNX systems I'm involved with but then they are well designed and installed.. lol

 

[Engineer54]

That was 30 years ago.. I don't have such problems with the KNX systems I'm involved with but then they are well designed and installed.. lol

Not that much difference today!!

So what sort of costs are we talking about here for these KNX systems?? Perhaps we'll find out why 99.9% of new builds don't include this new technology!! ...lol!

 

[Leesparkykent]

I done a big house about 3 years ago in a proper money area called north foreland in broadstairs and the Lutron kit was £17000 alone.

 

[Engineer54]

I done a big house about 3 years ago in a proper money area called north foreland in broadstairs and the Lutron kit was £17000 alone.

Exactly!! lol!

 

[Charlie_]

Smaller houses don't need a lutron or KNX system can go for stand alone Dali switches and devices for a fraction of the cost.. lol

 

[Engineer54]

Smaller houses don't need a lutron or KNX system can go for stand alone Dali switches and devices for a fraction of the cost.. lol

OK, give us some examples of costs for these switches and devices and what you can expect from the use of them??

 

[Flanders]

If you like stand and table lamps put in 5 amp sockets tbat switch from light switches

 

[Octopus]

radial for your freezer and stick it on a MCB so it never trips (obviously not a dual board!!)