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Rewiring a house. Electrician recs lutron smart switches, smartphone control, etc

Any brahs have this? Is it worth the money? I’ve got about 150 lights being rewired, and the investment will be huge. But you only get one chance when they break open your ceilings and walls...

Details for rewiring-this is a portion of the house that is wired with a low volt system (Remcon). Transformers and relays everywhere, a maze of circuits. They are updating and simplifying the system.
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I've looked into them, I think that they're overpriced. I've outfitted mine with these, dimmer variants as well, zero issues.



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Lutron Caseta series are best bar none.

What do you mean 150 lights? What mansion?

The Luton Caseta are switches, dimmers, and plugs. You don't need one per bulb.
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Originally Posted By terrorgunt⏩
Lutron Caseta series are best bar none.

What do you mean 150 lights? What mansion?

The Luton Caseta are switches, dimmers, and plugs. You don't need one per bulb.
It’s a big place, 13k sq ft, and the wiring is a nightmare (half low voltage, half not). The electrician said the same thing about lutron. I’ll look into what KilaByte said as well. Reps on R/C for your advice brahs, its appreciated.
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Originally Posted By KilaByte⏩
I've looked into them, I think that they're overpriced. I've outfitted mine with these, dimmer variants as well, zero issues.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...f_=as_li_ss_tl
Lutron uses its own mesh radio frequency. Those Kasa are OK but they are Wi-Fi. Lutron is a self contained system not reliant on your Wi-Fi strength in the house and 431Mhz penetrates much farther than 2.4GHz Wi-Fi.

Some smart devices use the ZigBee protocol, which runs on the frequency of 2.4 GHz, while the Z-wave protocol runs on a frequency of 908 MHz. Lutron Caseta runs on its own custom radio frequency of about 431 MHz (although it works similarly to the ZigBee protocol).
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Originally Posted By Adam16121⏩
It’s a big place, 13k sq ft, and the wiring is a nightmare (half low voltage, half not). The electrician said the same thing about lutron. I’ll look into what KilaByte said as well. Reps on R/C for your advice brahs, its appreciated.
Wiring nightmare - Caseta can help you big time. Let's say the switch is 20 feet away from where you want. Get a Caseta switch with Pico:



The real switch mounts where wiring is accessible. Then you can mount the Pico switch in a boxanywhere else. It communicates with the real switch and works and looks the same. All of this is simple and controlled in an app. Set scenes, link to Alexa/Google, set random sequences for when you're away - the works.
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Originally Posted By terrorgunt⏩
Lutron Caseta series are best bar none.

What do you mean 150 lights? What mansion?

The Luton Caseta are switches, dimmers, and plugs. You don't need one per bulb.
I have a few hue lights and then Casetas controlling banks of lights (such as all our kitchen overheads). Unless you need Hue specific features like colors the Caseta switches are much more economical than replacing every individual bulb.

Most smart switches require a neutral wire, make sure you're wired correctly especially if it's an older house.

Casetas with Pico remotes are great, plus can turn off from my phone or our smart speaker - "Hey Google turn off EVERYTHING" as you leave the house turns off 18 light/s and both TVs, it's GOAT especially since my children are too young and my wife genetically incapable of turning off lights.
Originally Posted By terrorgunt⏩
The real switch mounts where wiring is accessible. Then you can mount the Pico switch in a boxanywhere else. It communicates with the real switch and works and looks the same. All of this is simple and controlled in an app. Set scenes, link to Alexa/Google, set random sequences for when you're away - the works.
You can even mount the Pico over an old 3 way switch - just cap off all the wires and you're done. It acts just like the main switch/remote.
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Just curious, These systems that rely on wifi, do they quit working if the wifi is down?
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Originally Posted By kcadrenalin⏩
Just curious, These systems that rely on wifi, do they quit working if the wifi is down?
The switch is still a switch - it will work the lights. You just lose the smart home functions.
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wtf op , you link in a 13k sq ft house ? if so mirin
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Originally Posted By terrorgunt⏩
The switch is still a switch - it will work the lights. You just lose the smart home functions.
Gotcha.
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
it's GOAT especially since my children are too young
My daughter reads at bedtime ( good ) but would read way too late on school nights ( bad ). I plugged her bed lamp into the Caseta dimmer plug - set it to dim to 20% at 9:29PM - giving her notice to put the book down and cover up, then full off at 9:30PM.
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Since Lutron got mentioned and OP might be interested in it, this just popped up on Slickdeals

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...f_=as_li_ss_tl
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Originally Posted By KilaByte⏩
Since Lutron got mentioned and OP might be interested in it, this just popped up on Slickdeals

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...f_=as_li_ss_tl
Appreciated brah. They are still going over the scope of the project at this point. The low voltage area has these recessed lights that go way into the ceiling. The electrician wants to replace them with fixtures that can handle regular (120?) volt wiring, but these old fixtures are way more than 6 inches deep. It honestly seems like a downgrade to make them 6inch, because the old fixtures go so far back that you can’t see the bulb unless you are right under the light. You only really see the chrome baffle of the fixture reflecting light. I’m not sure of it’s feasible to replace fixtures like that authentically these days. Here’s a pic of one of the main rooms/lighting for reference.

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i have a bunch of caseta chit in my house. its a decent budget system
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