It has since dawned on me that maybe it would be worth looking at something like Loxone, the whole house needs to be rewired anyway so maybe installing a basic Loxone system would work out not much dearer at this point in time? then I can add to this as time goes by (and my knowledge increases!). I plan to have a mixture of downlights / wall lights & LED tape mood lights around the place. All socket & switch positions have round conduit routed to them & there are larger conduits routed between each floor & the garage (which will be Node 0). My house is currently an unfurnished shell, floorboards are up and ceiling / floor voids are all accessible. however I have since had doubts with reliability / dimming LED's / no of lights each dimmer can control / company backup etc. I discovered Lightwave RF and thought 'great' loved the idea of being able to control scenes etc. I was not massively interested in home automation, I just wanted basic dimmer switches in each room. There are a lot more LEDs on the market, and if they are between 12VDC to 24VDC, and can take a PWM dimming input, then we can likely control it.I've been pondering the rewire on my house project for some time now, unfortunately its holding everything up now so a decision needs to be made! Im hoping you guys can assist with my final decision?īit of background. For example, we have controlled simple traditional LED strips, baseboards LEDs, pool LEDs, outdoor lighting, direct DC LED bulbs, tunable LED strips, LED grids, RGBW LEDs, LED mats and LED mini spots. Depending on how you wire the extension you can control multiple different types of LEDS. Using the same RGBW Low Voltage dimmer from Loxone gives you a lot of DC Dimming flexibility. For larger loads you can place the power supply close to the LEDs. This means for LED lights throughout your house, like under cabinets, closets, or accent lighting, you can share power supplies. As you can see in the examples above, you have more flexibility with Loxone low voltage or DC dimming due to your ability to move the power supply to either within the automation panel or closer to the fixture. Loxone offers a unique way to save money and dim multiple DC light loads. We’ve also create a list of current devices with ON/OFF relay capabilities below to control your DC light fixtures. This takes advantage of the Loxone Tree Technology and keeps the wiring similar to standard ON/OFF DC fixture methods. If you want to save wiring on the project we recommend splitting the automation panels or better yet using Nano relay trees which can move the relay closer to the actual light fixture. Although this can mean longer runs requiring more wiring and higher voltage drops, it does allow for all low voltage controls to be in one area of the project. The wiring is very similar, except the power supplies can now be centralized and home runs are made from the Relay Extension to the DC light fixture. ![]() ![]() In the diagram above you can see the difference between how a traditional DC light fixture is controlled and how Loxone controls a DC light fixture. ![]() However, all the devices use the dry contact, volt-free relay, which means the wiring topology is the sames for all Loxone ON/OFF DC light control. Basic ON/OFF of lighting circuits can be done with Multiple Loxone devices.
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