ᐅ What to consider when buying roller shutters for smart home integration?
Created on: 10 Nov 2023 18:39
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Hello,
what should you consider when buying new electric roller shutters to ensure they can be easily controlled with smart home systems, for example, through daylight routines and similar automation?
The roller shutters will be installed later on the terrace and on a second side of the house as external roller shutters.
what should you consider when buying new electric roller shutters to ensure they can be easily controlled with smart home systems, for example, through daylight routines and similar automation?
The roller shutters will be installed later on the terrace and on a second side of the house as external roller shutters.
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xMisterDx11 Nov 2023 09:04The roller shutter is just a "simple" motor that knows "up" and "down." It becomes intelligent through a higher-level automation system.
xMisterDx schrieb:
The roller shutter is just a "dumb" motor that only knows "up" and "down." It becomes smart through an overall automation system.So basically just install a standard electric roller shutter and then control it, for example, via a Shelly device?
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xMisterDx12 Nov 2023 11:17Shelly, KNX, Free@Home by Busch Jäger, Bosch Smart Home, Homematic... it doesn’t matter.
Shelly is probably not suitable for beginners or people who have no experience with programming, especially if you want to avoid relying on the, not particularly secure, cloud. Whether you want to store your data in the cloud of a Bulgarian company is another question.
KNX and Free@Home are relatively costly and need to be installed during the shell construction phase. And they must be installed correctly, which is why a professional should plan them.
And of course, a reminder that electrical installations must only be carried out by a qualified professional. If you are not a professional, you are not allowed to install a Shelly device, and strictly speaking, you are not even allowed to connect your cooktop.
Shelly is probably not suitable for beginners or people who have no experience with programming, especially if you want to avoid relying on the, not particularly secure, cloud. Whether you want to store your data in the cloud of a Bulgarian company is another question.
KNX and Free@Home are relatively costly and need to be installed during the shell construction phase. And they must be installed correctly, which is why a professional should plan them.
And of course, a reminder that electrical installations must only be carried out by a qualified professional. If you are not a professional, you are not allowed to install a Shelly device, and strictly speaking, you are not even allowed to connect your cooktop.
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xMisterDx12 Nov 2023 11:34Just mentioning high voltage shows me you have no idea, sorry.
In a flush-mounted box with a 5x1.5 mm² (about 5x16 AWG) cable, you are just as exposed to 400V as you are at the cooktop.
The current that flows through the body depends on resistance, not on the thickness of the cable.
The internal resistance of the supply network or power source is relevant for other things, such as tripping circuit breakers or the intensity of the electric arc generated.
For a current flowing through the body, which has about 1 kOhm (1000 ohms) resistance from hand to foot, it doesn’t matter if you touch the main electrical panel with 0.2 ohms resistance to the transformer, or the flush-mounted box upstairs with 1.6 ohms.
In a flush-mounted box with a 5x1.5 mm² (about 5x16 AWG) cable, you are just as exposed to 400V as you are at the cooktop.
The current that flows through the body depends on resistance, not on the thickness of the cable.
The internal resistance of the supply network or power source is relevant for other things, such as tripping circuit breakers or the intensity of the electric arc generated.
For a current flowing through the body, which has about 1 kOhm (1000 ohms) resistance from hand to foot, it doesn’t matter if you touch the main electrical panel with 0.2 ohms resistance to the transformer, or the flush-mounted box upstairs with 1.6 ohms.