Hello everyone,
Yesterday, I checked out some of the new residential areas around here. I noticed that about 90% of the homeowners who installed external venetian blinds (also called roller shutters or louvered blinds) do NOT have a wind sensor. Is this really necessary, or is it more of a nice-to-have feature?
Yesterday, I checked out some of the new residential areas around here. I noticed that about 90% of the homeowners who installed external venetian blinds (also called roller shutters or louvered blinds) do NOT have a wind sensor. Is this really necessary, or is it more of a nice-to-have feature?
It depends on your risk tolerance.
On the ground floor in a sheltered location (houses and trees all around), they are not necessarily required.
If you go on vacation, I would always keep the roller shutters closed. A summer storm can always occur. Or the neighbor might need to raise them if necessary.
To prepare for the later installation of a wind sensor and control system, I have the power cables for the roller shutter motors routed radially from the utility room, using 5-core wiring. The additional cost is about 300 EUR. This way, I can still add a control system including a wind sensor in the utility room later.
On the ground floor in a sheltered location (houses and trees all around), they are not necessarily required.
If you go on vacation, I would always keep the roller shutters closed. A summer storm can always occur. Or the neighbor might need to raise them if necessary.
To prepare for the later installation of a wind sensor and control system, I have the power cables for the roller shutter motors routed radially from the utility room, using 5-core wiring. The additional cost is about 300 EUR. This way, I can still add a control system including a wind sensor in the utility room later.
Oh great, thanks for the tip. If I explain it to my electrician the way you described here, will he understand, or is this a special type of wiring you have? And does it really only cost 300 euros more? The standard wiring with the switch directly at each individual venetian blind is much simpler and not complicated at all. In that case, he can theoretically tap the power for the blinds from anywhere. With your setup, only the blinds have their own dedicated circuit, right?
My approach is just one of many.
The venetian blinds are initially operated manually using a switch directly at each blind. The necessary power and wiring come via a 5-core cable from the utility room. Later, on long winter evenings, I plan to build my own control system that can include various sensors (wind, temperature, light).
There are many other options:
- Installing empty conduits to the blind motors and pulling the control cables through later
- Transmitting the control signals wirelessly, i.e. replacing the switch at the blind with a wireless receiver
- Any kind of home automation system
The additional costs depend on the type of cable (whether installed underground or in the ceiling, in conduit or not, cable cross-section, etc.) and, of course, on the size of the house and the number of venetian blinds.
The venetian blinds are initially operated manually using a switch directly at each blind. The necessary power and wiring come via a 5-core cable from the utility room. Later, on long winter evenings, I plan to build my own control system that can include various sensors (wind, temperature, light).
There are many other options:
- Installing empty conduits to the blind motors and pulling the control cables through later
- Transmitting the control signals wirelessly, i.e. replacing the switch at the blind with a wireless receiver
- Any kind of home automation system
The additional costs depend on the type of cable (whether installed underground or in the ceiling, in conduit or not, cable cross-section, etc.) and, of course, on the size of the house and the number of venetian blinds.
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