Smart home rewire

[conrad]

Just purchased a new house, going to be rewiring... Anyone have any experience with smart home any wiring diagrams/plans/tips/ideas... any input greatly appreciated. Maybe just installing cables for future proofing etc. at the moment. Early doors. Cheers.

 

[Sooby2]

I was reading on another forum, about a guy who had used the Amazon's Alexa. He had connect lights and sockets to the thing, and sat in his living room and say; 'Alexa, turn on the main light, Alexa turn on the table lamp etc etc'. Which I thought was a waste of money. Just get orrff your fat arse, and turn the light on yourself!

The link to Alexa is another tool in the box of automation. And this will be useful for people who find it difficult to "Just get orrff your fat arse," and to be able to turn lights on/off or switch off the telly and all the boxes etc that go with it, just by voice command, will be very useful. I'm thinking of getting one for my elderly in-laws who like to switch the telly and other stuff off at night, but struggle now to reach the switches. One command can switch everything off in one go.

The Lightwave app also allows you to set up timers, so you can switch lights, telly etc off when you're out. You can also switch lights on wherever you have a phone signal, which is good if you're a bit late home and want to give the impression someone's in as it gets dark.

 

[Midwest]

Whatever works for your elderly in-laws. For mine, God rest their soles, they struggled with cordless phones, remote controls etc. Mother in-law got used to her Sky remote, as it was on most of the day and night.