Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Can you Prewire for Clipsal CBus 23Aug 27, 2013 8:48 am Total Breeze Air Conditioning and Electrical - Based in Melbourne http://www.totalbreeze.com.au Re: Can you Prewire for Clipsal CBus 25Sep 01, 2013 2:12 pm Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. MY BUILD THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65479&p=1035832#p1035832 Re: Can you Prewire for Clipsal CBus 38Aug 03, 2014 10:18 pm paulw11 MR2 C-Bus doesn't have power monitoring in the dimmers or relays. You can log the state of loads and then multiply the number of "on" hours by a static power value for that circuit, but this is not the actual power consumption. C-bus does have power monitoring. The system for whole of house monitoring, could be put on individual circuits or even power points. Though one whole of house graph of the day/month power use on a page of a wall mounted touch panel that the C-bus is designed for would be a lot more useful. Yes similar for zwave. I have c-bus lighting, all but the 240v circuits installed by myself. . I have tweeked with bathroom fans short push on/off and long push delayed off (led flashes during timed off). and found very stable and reliable. And while it is not currently very smart I am hoping to add the Wiser2 and my ultimate goal would be voice control. Why even have wall switches!! Many new devices on Kickstarter have mostly WIFI or LE Bluetooth some with voice control like Siri, that I want to integrate with my lighting. Add to this some IfTTT control and fitbits as iBeacon and that's what I call a smart home! Slab poured 21/04/2011 Frame finished 27/05/2011 Moved in 07/11/2011 Re: Can you Prewire for Clipsal CBus 39Aug 20, 2014 9:41 am For DIY options CBUS does not even get close to the options available. CBUS is just ridiculous on pricing. Anyone should be able to do their own "programming" . For any home automation it starts with cat 6 or similar cabling around the house. Either decentralised or centralised. Anything that needs electrons can be controlled. Pulpo. Re: Can you Prewire for Clipsal CBus 40Feb 19, 2015 8:37 am (I know this is an oldish thread, but I thought I would reply anyway) Ive had cbus in my currrent home now for 7 years There are aspects I LOVE and some I hate LOVE: Ability to control a wide range of controls from anywhere in the globe. From opening my front electric gate for contractors, to monitoring how low my underground water tank is that feeds my marine tank, to turning on the sprinklers on those hot days to keep the garden maintained etc Being able to turn on the AC system on a hot day when you are at the beach and on your way home is a god send Easy ability to expand, as long as its clipsal products or ness products you are expanding with HATE: Cost. I installed it because I had access to very good pricing at the time. Im considering a new build now, and Im going to look at all options going forward. Automation was very new to the residential scene 8 years ago, so I hope there are more options avaiable now The App. The Wiser app has barely been updated in 7 years. Clipsal are way behind on this. And from what I know, its not even available on Android or Windows. ts very concerning. If I lost access to that app, my whole automation system ends up being worth a lot less to me. Fan Control. Even with the new fan controllers, Id never want to install them again. They fail regularly and I end up with a very unusable fan system until new capacitors are installed in the modules. We didnt go cheap on the fans either, so its not a fan issue. Lack of Integration: Clipsal doesnt reinvent themselves. If I was responsible in their residential side of the business I would want to have a cutting edge application always updated with plugins where you could integrate with other automation products and security products (camera's etc) without costing the customer a small fortune. Bottom line is that if I was just installing a system for lighting control, I wouldnt use cbus. I would do as suggested above and use nice light switches with motion sensors and timers throughout, but if you want to push that pencil that bit further, then Im a fan, but Im not sold entirely. 2 10986 Hey everyone Not for me or anyone I know, just generally interested. For a single allotment house, are you allowed to take the fence on both sides of your house and… 0 20889 I've just had a look at the website. The company are just building broker's. There are plenty of similar companies that basically draw your plans (they own them so you… 8 10927 |