CSBragg Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I am renovating a 100yr old home. This is a full gut and remodel and we are about halfway through and the electrician is going to be doing his thing within the next 2 weeks.So I'm trying to nail down my control 4 lighting setup. I am planning on making the whole house automated.... top to bottom. Lights, video/audio distribution, security, AC, Cameras, Security Gate control... and a few more things. When finished the house will be 5BD 3.5Bth and about 5,000sq'. I would like to start off with just installing light switches and dimmers and the controller I need to handle the lights. Im planing about 35 switches and dimmers. What controller should I get to handle lighting. I will be adding more equipment for all the other automated stuff but I might have to wait 6mths. We added about 1200sq' last min and that took a large portion of my smart budget.I want my lights to work well. What do I need?my house blog is www.northocoee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 The #1 thing you need to have your lights work well is to have your electrician run neutrals to every box, which means basically that he should do *NO SWITCH LEG WIRING* whatsoever.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 By code, he will. I'm still wondering why a licensed sparky ANYWHERE in the US would not do this on a fresh wiring job.To directly answer OP's Q, HC-300B will be your choice. Later the 300 can pilot a 1000 if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I can't imagine any electrician would run a switch leg on a new install either.I would go with the newer HC-300C. It has a faster processor and a bit more memory. If you are going to run OS 2.0 in a single controller system you will want the HC-300C. The HC-300C is ZigBee Pro so you will want the version 3 dimmers and switches as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I can't imagine it as well, but I've heard of it in the last 5 years, so I'll mention it.I don't think code requires neutrals in the switch box, it never has in the past.I *wish* it did.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Sorry, I should have specified the latest ver. of 300 "C". So many new things out I forget what's what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBragg Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 so it seems like the wisdom is just get the latest HC300-C version. I dont need a 1000? I really would have thought 1000 would have been the way to go. Will i have to add a 1000 right away to control everything I want to control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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