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Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / February 2008Incandescent light ban / Z wave buying decision
Anyone see this: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59298 I was thinking of buying zwave switches for my house but I don't want to invest $2,000 in switches that will be useless if incandescent bulbs are banned. CFL lights cannot be dimmed without special ballasts and special dimmers. Any thoughts? I suggest you ask your question in comp.home.automation. There's been a lively discussion there on the merits of CFLs and one of the most strident proponents of them is also a dealer selling Z-Wave. The article is inaccurate in that incandescent bulbs are not banned outright (not even in Australia, I'm not sure about Canada.) but are required to meet the increased efficiency standards by the dates indicated. GE had earlier announced that they will have high efficiency incandescents available to meet the new limits. There were more in depth articles in both US News & World Report and the New York Times. http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2007/12/19/faq-the-end-of-the-li ght-bulb-as-we-know-it.html?PageNr=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/business/22light.html?ref=us >Anyone see this: >http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59298 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Any thoughts? http://davehouston.net http://davehouston.org http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/roZetta/ roZetta-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Canada talked about it and then it disappeared from the news a few months back. >I suggest you ask your question in comp.home.automation. There's been >a [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/roZetta/ > roZetta-subscribe@yahoogroups.com meir410 wrote: > I was thinking of buying zwave switches for my house but I don't > want to invest $2,000 in switches that will be useless if > incandescent bulbs are banned. CFL lights cannot be dimmed without > special ballasts and special dimmers. There's no need to worry. Incandescents will simply need to become more efficient to meet the standard. A headline that says, "Light Bulbs To Be Outlawed" draws more attention than one that says, "Light Bulbs Required To Be More Efficient".  SignatureRegards, Robert L Bass ==============================> Bass Home Electronics 4883 Fallcrest Circle Sarasota · Florida · 34233 http://www.bassburglaralarms.com Sales & Tech Support 941-925-8650 Customer Service 941-232-0791 Fax 941-870-3252 ==============================> So just go with the Z-Wave relay switches. I use them for all my installations and am very happy with them. I was doing a whole house installation for a client and I really started to think about switches and why I want to go with dimmers. I didn't find many instances where I'd necessarily want dimmers. Dining room maybe, or a home theatre room, but, really, WHERE ELSE? So I got two dimmers and a bunch of relay swithes and it all works great. Tim > Anyone see this: > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59298 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Any thoughts? |
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