Hi all,
I am in the middle of a self build house and have all the electrical wiring fitted but no wall plates purchased yet however I am interested in the Automation.
A lot of people seem to be into the X10 and I thought of it myself for a while until I read somewhere that this new CBUS system was better.
The wiring is now already running to the walls and sockets and the plastering of the walls and cellings is ongoing.
For the CBUS to work correctly should the mains have being going to one main hub rather than each room switches and only the CAT5 to the rooms themselves. If thats the case then I afraid I have to throw the idea out of my head as a lot of work has gone in it like a tube station with all the cables running around my attic -).
As I have already got the metal boxes on the walls can the CBUS switch wall plates fit over them. (I'm located in Ireland so UK Horizontal Standard wall plates needed).
Will the one mains relay do all of the sockets or would more be better ?
Each power socket is a double socket and some switches have 4 switches eg at back door for lights.
I haven't examined the details two much as to how much it would cost me but the costs would worry me a bit as one could spend a lot between switches and sockets etc. I have 3 double sockets in each room of the 4 bedrooms 5 in the study 2 in the sitting room 4 in the living room, about 4 in the utility, 2 in the hallway and approx 5 in the kitchen. There's also going to be 4 in the attic in each corner but theres probably may not be needed for the time been. Thats over 30 odd sockets if I cover everything.
The voltage relays can be seen here which one is better or worse if I had to get a lot of them it could be pricy !!
Thanks very much
Michael