Hello!
New user joining the fold.
I am in the UK and currently waiting the launch of the Smartthings V2 although may decide to go Indigo.
I have been reading this forum for a few weeks so decided I better join up
The wife and I are moving into a new place in the next couple of months and I am starting from scratch my entire home network.
I have a big list of things I want to do with my HA system but the first thing I want to do is the lighting.
So for my first question. For my needs what is going to be best as lighting is my primary use.
The house we have bought is reasonably large and the entire ground floor runs on GU10s bar a couple of other types of lamps.
I visited the house recently and counted 16 GU10s in the kitchen, 10 in the lounge and another 6-10 in other places (hall way, WC etc).
That's around 36 GU10s on the ground floor alone. There are more elsewhere.
What is the best solution for a house with this many lights? I note the Hue system is limited to 50 units. Is there any way to group say the 16 units in the kitchen as 1 unit?
Bearing in mind once I have added outside lights, lamps, hall ways etc I may be well over 50?
Lastly, what is the best solution cost wise to buy this number of lights? Given the cost in the UK I am looking at £1500 in bulbs...
Anyway, that's it. Nice to see you all and hope I can get my system in and running before the end of the year
New user joining the fold.
I am in the UK and currently waiting the launch of the Smartthings V2 although may decide to go Indigo.
I have been reading this forum for a few weeks so decided I better join up
The wife and I are moving into a new place in the next couple of months and I am starting from scratch my entire home network.
I have a big list of things I want to do with my HA system but the first thing I want to do is the lighting.
So for my first question. For my needs what is going to be best as lighting is my primary use.
The house we have bought is reasonably large and the entire ground floor runs on GU10s bar a couple of other types of lamps.
I visited the house recently and counted 16 GU10s in the kitchen, 10 in the lounge and another 6-10 in other places (hall way, WC etc).
That's around 36 GU10s on the ground floor alone. There are more elsewhere.
What is the best solution for a house with this many lights? I note the Hue system is limited to 50 units. Is there any way to group say the 16 units in the kitchen as 1 unit?
Bearing in mind once I have added outside lights, lamps, hall ways etc I may be well over 50?
Lastly, what is the best solution cost wise to buy this number of lights? Given the cost in the UK I am looking at £1500 in bulbs...
Anyway, that's it. Nice to see you all and hope I can get my system in and running before the end of the year
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