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I put it in the Brexit threadah you deleted it. i think you might be on the money though
Wait, how do these bulbs make your copper wiring partially redundant? (I have no idea how these things work)
They’re still being powered by the wiring, right?
I can tell you a Massive percentage of average new builds are standard wiring / not smartThey are, but think about how much of the routing of that wiring Is to actually facilitate the switching. on a new build knowing all the lights would be smart none of wall chasing (making the holes for the wiring), none of the feeds to the switches would exist, saving about 3M of copper per single switch as all the lighting wiring would just go straight through the ceiling without branching down for switching.
It’s one of those things I’d love to have the time to do. The raspberry pi in particular... so cheap.Speaking of smart stuff, have any of you tried Arduino or Raspberry Pi? I got an Arduino a couple of years ago, it was great to figure it out. I didn't have the time to get very far but it was cool to see what the possibilities are. The programming looked simple but typos really frustrated me. When I get set up in my new place my eventual plan is to make a simple drumming robot. I'd be interested to see if any of you have tried one and made headway with it. If you were handy with simple engineering projects and not fazed by nit-pickiness of coding you could do all the smart controlling entirely yourself without any need to put yet another chunk of your data online.
Edit: @annpost maybe?
I get you, but I think it will be a long day before you get light switches written out of the codeThey are, but think about how much of the routing of that wiring Is to actually facilitate the switching. on a new build knowing all the lights would be smart none of wall chasing (making the holes for the wiring), none of the feeds to the switches would exist, saving about 3M of copper per single switch as all the lighting wiring would just go straight through the ceiling without branching down for switching.
Speaking of smart stuff, have any of you tried Arduino or Raspberry Pi? I got an Arduino a couple of years ago, it was great to figure it out. I didn't have the time to get very far but it was cool to see what the possibilities are. The programming looked simple but typos really frustrated me. When I get set up in my new place my eventual plan is to make a simple drumming robot. I'd be interested to see if any of you have tried one and made headway with it. If you were handy with simple engineering projects and not fazed by nit-pickiness of coding you could do all the smart controlling entirely yourself without any need to put yet another chunk of your data online.
Edit: @annpost maybe?
I get you, but I think it will be a long day before you get light switches written out of the code
And teh cost is mostly in labour, copper wires is pennies - or it is here anyways
Its not the norm but our bathroom at work has no switching other than the movement /human detectors.
The lights are controlled by your bathroom movements?!
The lights are controlled by your bathroom movements?!
Awesome. I got a few of the basic training projects done, but nothing I actually wanted.stuff
Zackly. Kids should learn it in school. Defo hard for your average forty-something to crack though, time and energy being scarce commodities at this age.Thing about it is even if you make nothing Its a really nice way to learn about how EVERYTHING works.
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