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I am planning a rewiring and re plastering of a house so I have the opportunity to rethink and plan whole wiring circuits with future home automation possibilities (not much time to design and install a home automation system right now). So I have few options: The domestic traditional wiring system for a house which separate circuit for each area connected to the consumer unit. In this option there are several sockets or lights in one circuit. There is an alternative more expensive to install, commercial model wiring system which circuits run almost for each sockets or lights individually from a distribution board, so you have a centralised control panel of the all power outlets and lights as well. This options seems complex but more manageable if you are planning a hard wired home automation systems which I am considering not now but as a future upgrade. What would you suggest for rewiring when considering hard wired home-automation-ready option as well, if I would like to go for a distribution style wiring system by running cables most of the lights, switches and sockets individually (and some extra network, sensor cables as well) then make all necessary connections in the distribution panel ?
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I thought I post this for a)interest b)to seek the views of the collective! I'm planning on radial circuits and my draft list is as follows. My first thought is it seems like a lot of circuits requiring a big CU! The last two columns are incomplete. Thoughts? (Circuit 16 is for fail safe only. No plans to install the electric rads initially. I've gone with 4 core as that matches the electric radiator control system we have in the flat (it uses the 4th core as a comms/control).
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Another pondering question from me I'm just thinking about first fix electrics. We're going for radial circuits for all loads, including lighting. The lighting will be controlled by Cbus Dimmers and Relays back at the cabinet as required. I've done a few 1st fix wiring jobs over the years (inc three with Cbus) and always used 1.5mm cable to allow for potential loads from say large banks of halogen downlighters. BUT, with the LED and low voltage being commonplace (and part of regs) I really cant see much point going over 1.00mm now for the lighting radials to each room. Max run is going to be circa 25m. All enclosed in service voids (uninsulated) behind pb. I know the benefits are pretty limited. Perhaps only; 1)Slightly Cheaper 2)Easier to run 3)More room in the cabinet. Am I missing something?
