Bay Aryans And Qarens Bureau?
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mine would be a quonset hut buried in the side of a hill with a somewhat nice view.
Bay Area Air Quality Board. It took CalFire 5 years of dealing with those suits to do a 200 acre controlled burn
Yeah that's what I said
Really ? I figured you more of a tower dweller.
I dislike the term "smart home" the more I learn of the true nature of the concept because it is backwards in terms of using more low voltage as they did in the 50's and prior but the term applies to the automation itself.
If you have these basic "smart" components such as a main service breaker/distribution platform, low voltage lighting via PoE ethernet protocol, and USB low voltage outlet for consumer rechargeables, you can essentially monitor your usage and automate your appliances such as heating and cooling times and efficiency using enabled mini splits, fans, and zones along with eliminating parasitic draws and getting anywhere from 20-40% savings on grid power usage.
But more importantly, I am using this build scenario to prep the house in AZ for off-grid solar and battery to be able to not waste or overbuild a system for usage needs. With major appliances on gas, it makes a big difference in the total amperage for a 200-amp service
for example, Just the cost savings in Romex, traditional 110v lighting fixtures, switches, outlets, bulbs, and cameras for my houseplan would be around $12k with me installing it all, $22k to have it installed, going low voltage puts me around 4 grand for all the wiring, and fixtures and doesnt require any codes or inspections.
with 110v yes, for example, my floorplan calls for six, 20 amp circuits just for lighting alone in a traditional breaker box, going low voltage wouldn't pull 20 amps for the whole lighting plan.
This makes no sense.
How much sqft are you planning?
right around 3,000 at the moment, debating on adding another 600 or possibly subtracting 400 depending on dirt work
The only way it might is that LED drivers output at something low, like 5V DC or so iirc. I can’t imagine the drivers are that inefficient, though.
Every LED be it from a dedicated low voltage system or a screw in 120v bulb runs on low voltage. The only real difference is where you step down said voltage. Even then I think a low voltage system requires a local current controller as an LED is not a linear device. They require a minimal forward voltage and beyond that essentially have zero resistance so require a constant current controller. On top of that, given similar efficiencies, for the same power a lower voltage requires an increase in current so a low voltage system will actually pull more current and will have higher current losses (although minimal).
6 20A circuits is something like 10kW. That is a lot of lighting. I assume he is planning come kind of grow operation.
I have access to an old John Deer Gator. It provides a lot of fun. It also useful for a lot of other tasks. Just used it to remove dead deer carcasses from our Camp. As we have been at our site the firewood range has expanded. Many improvements were made possible with the Gator. Proper usage is a useful skill for your children. I taught my nieces to Parallel Park with it. repaired the right of way, hauled lumber and gravel, pulled many a stump and vines with it. Moved Boulders. Our friend mark uses it to facilitate his hunting efforts to feed himself.
I said the same thing, the electrical plan for the house was calling for a shit ton of non-led can lights at 12 amps a piece and they were everywhere inside, and every few feet in the soffits on the exterior. that was the main reason I did a double take when looking at low voltage since the LED fixtures now will take straight DC at less than 12 volts without transformers and other load draws.
That makes sense if they are designing it around screw in sockets which probably need to handle something like a 200 watt incandescent. But you can do hardwired 120v LEDs. I redid my basement with them and they only pull about a tenth of an amp a piece.
Maybe code requires dumb shit.
45F and raining here in central Nebraska. Bullshit, I tell ya.
If you ever have problems with shitting too much and inflamed joints try using Voltaren. Your joints will feel good and you will not shit for weeks.
Nevermind the mind bending abdominal pain.
Since I have the time and enjoy the process, I am planning to use the raw power format of the PoE ethernet by using the 48v DC direct to bare wire LEDs that allow up to 48v (which is most of them) that way I can put every single light on a port of the switch and use raspberry pi to automate.
total geek shit but I will enjoy it
what happened....lose a bet...?45F and raining here in central Nebraska. Bullshit, I tell ya.
One of the hits for 48V LED is not confidence inspiring
Should you use a 48V lighting system?
But what exactly are the advantages of a 48V lighting system? Let’s take a look...
www.seratechnologies.com
o rlythat page said:
I was never looking at fixtures much but more for using the led strips in recessed and accent profile lighting.One of the hits for 48V LED is not confidence inspiring
Should you use a 48V lighting system?
But what exactly are the advantages of a 48V lighting system? Let’s take a look...
o rly
as long as i hit a light switch and the light turns on....One of the hits for 48V LED is not confidence inspiring
Should you use a 48V lighting system?
But what exactly are the advantages of a 48V lighting system? Let’s take a look...
o rly
this is just a bunch of fucking navel gazing.
Relative-death stuff. What're ya gona do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sorry to hear that....my bad.