Lighting control options

[Brad Yarotsky-2]

I am looking at renovating my kitchen and living room and I am looking to
upgrade conventional wiring with a more intelligent system.

I am wondering what you guys are using to control your lights and appliances.

Here are some things that I am looking for:

- light switch and plug controls
- dim able
- keypad control (powerline or other)
- control with Misterhouse (obviously)
- relay light switches (more than 500W)

There are probably other things that I have not considered. I was hoping to
get something a little more robust than X10.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Brad


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[Marc MERLIN-7]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:19:08PM -0600, Brad Yarotsky wrote:

> I am looking at renovating my kitchen and living room and I am looking to
> upgrade conventional wiring with a more intelligent system.
>
> I am wondering what you guys are using to control your lights and appliances.
>
> Here are some things that I am looking for:
>
> - light switch and plug controls
> - dim able
> - keypad control (powerline or other)
> - control with Misterhouse (obviously)
> - relay light switches (more than 500W)
>
> There are probably other things that I have not considered. I was hoping to
> get something a little more robust than X10.

All 3 options: UPB, Zwave, and Insteon do all that AFAIK.

You need to pick one based on other criteria :)
http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Insteon#insteon_x10_zwave_upb

Marc
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