On Mon 20 Apr 2009 11:49:04 NZST +1200, Craig Falconer wrote: > Lots of Cat6 to everywhere. > Put in draw wires for future use. > Run some 100 mm conduit to every building on the property. > > And plenty of power points and power capacity. > A separate circuit for each room is handy too. > Electrically isolate the kitchen/laundry/AC/heatpump/HWC/bathroom from all > the other rooms.
All extremely good advice! Every single point of it. Make sure your switchboard is big enough, I suspect you'll find a 30-way too small (I do). Kick the electrician(s) early, otherwise you get el-cheapo. Keep in mind that the conduits for data cables must be different to the conduits for power cables. Only solution is to double up. There are 4-way wall outlets available from PDL which fit a standard flushbox and the space of a double outlet. Easy way to get more outlets in a tidy manner. Personally I'd make sure to be able to run everything I want to run without any wireless. For a lot of home automation you'll need actual wires too. Treat wireless as optional, but don't depend on it. You can always go wireless, but not the other way round. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
