Hello,
Refurbishing and extending my flat, and replacing all the lights and switches in the process. Originally I was thinking I would just have dimmable LEDs pretty much everywhere, but after researching the different options I am now considering more advanced options.
The flat is made of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a lobby area. The extension (still under construction) will be the kitchen and living room plus an entrance hall. A basic requirement is to have dimming/switching directly controlled on the wall (i.e. not having to rely on an app to do it), and in at least one bedroom and the living room it has to be controlled from more than 1 location (2 or 3-way dimming/switching).
At first I considered the Lutron Rania dimmer switches, but I saw some limitations in the load they can take especially for the living room where I plan to have 9 LED lights (3 gangs of 3 E27 bulbs), and there's no 3-gang slave. After talking to a salesperson I looked at the Grafik Eye which would be much better solution for the whole living room/kitchen area. But then there would be 2 different types of controls in the house (not a disaster but it would be nice to be more uniform). Then I came across the LightwaveRF system which would add a couple of extra nice to have features: control of everything, including the bedroom lights and the mains outlets, via an app. Plus it's way cheaper. Then I read more about it, and it seems people are recommending Fibaro as a superior (and perhaps more importantly, more futureproof) solution.
So now, after reading tons of reviews, guides, forum posts, FAQs, etc., I am more confused than ever. So on to questions:
1) Apart from potentially no further product development, is there any reason to not install LWRF now? Given that I will install new dimmable LEDs everywhere, and the load per gang will range from 15W in the smallest bathroom to 42W in the biggest bedroom, so within the range supported by the LWRF dimmers?
2) If I go Fibaro, I understand I can use whatever dimmer switch. So let's say I use the Varilight V-Pro Eclique2. Can that work in a 3-way setup with all 3 dimmers able to turn on/off and dim the lights, by using only one Fibaro dimmer module?
3) What's the Fibaro equivalent solution to the LWRF remote controlled mains power socket?
I guess I have more questions but these are good to start
Refurbishing and extending my flat, and replacing all the lights and switches in the process. Originally I was thinking I would just have dimmable LEDs pretty much everywhere, but after researching the different options I am now considering more advanced options.
The flat is made of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a lobby area. The extension (still under construction) will be the kitchen and living room plus an entrance hall. A basic requirement is to have dimming/switching directly controlled on the wall (i.e. not having to rely on an app to do it), and in at least one bedroom and the living room it has to be controlled from more than 1 location (2 or 3-way dimming/switching).
At first I considered the Lutron Rania dimmer switches, but I saw some limitations in the load they can take especially for the living room where I plan to have 9 LED lights (3 gangs of 3 E27 bulbs), and there's no 3-gang slave. After talking to a salesperson I looked at the Grafik Eye which would be much better solution for the whole living room/kitchen area. But then there would be 2 different types of controls in the house (not a disaster but it would be nice to be more uniform). Then I came across the LightwaveRF system which would add a couple of extra nice to have features: control of everything, including the bedroom lights and the mains outlets, via an app. Plus it's way cheaper. Then I read more about it, and it seems people are recommending Fibaro as a superior (and perhaps more importantly, more futureproof) solution.
So now, after reading tons of reviews, guides, forum posts, FAQs, etc., I am more confused than ever. So on to questions:
1) Apart from potentially no further product development, is there any reason to not install LWRF now? Given that I will install new dimmable LEDs everywhere, and the load per gang will range from 15W in the smallest bathroom to 42W in the biggest bedroom, so within the range supported by the LWRF dimmers?
2) If I go Fibaro, I understand I can use whatever dimmer switch. So let's say I use the Varilight V-Pro Eclique2. Can that work in a 3-way setup with all 3 dimmers able to turn on/off and dim the lights, by using only one Fibaro dimmer module?
3) What's the Fibaro equivalent solution to the LWRF remote controlled mains power socket?
I guess I have more questions but these are good to start