Today’s lighting control systems give homeowners full control over their space’s appearance, feel, and function. However, switching to a lighting control system might create several questions for manual light controllers.
This comprehensive handbook covers:
- Lighting control systems
- Lighting control basics: Wired Versus Wireless
- Home lighting control benefits
- Lighting control in home automation
- Home lighting control cost?
- Can I install lighting control myself?
Lighting control systems
Lighting control systems allow centralised lighting control. For instance, one button can turn on eight lights to illuminate an area at the proper brightness. Lighting control systems establish the right ambience for watching TV, cooking, or reading.
Lighting control systems control many rooms or areas. An intelligent lighting control system lets you control your home’s lights with one button. This lets you set a “bedtime” setting to turn off all your lights. This avoids manually turning them off in each room.
Lighting basics: Wired or wireless?
Explore wired and wireless lighting control choices for your house.
Due of the added parts and labour, wired systems cost more to connect fixtures and control switches. A reliable house lighting control system is installed.
Wireless lighting control is cheaper and easier to implement. Why? Wiring isn’t needed, simplifying installation. However, this limits your system’s device count. A lighting design specialist can help you weigh the benefits and downsides and choose the ideal home lighting control system.
Home lighting control benefits
Saving energy
Your electricity cost will be lower if you use your lights less. Lighting control systems let you know your lights are only on when needed.
Intelligent lighting lets you turn off home lights from your phone or tablet. For leaving the lights on. To maximise energy savings, timers and sensors can be set to your schedule. Intelligent lighting controls can turn off all lights when you leave for work at 7:30am on weekdays.
Use dimmers. Controlling light intensity helps reduce energy use.
Scenery
Lighting control systems let you set lights for daily tasks. “TV” mode dims the lights and illuminates the space behind your TV with a button press. Programmable lighting situations include:
Televising
Cooking \ Dining
Bookworming
Working \ Relaxing
Hampshire Light’s recent lighting control system. We designed 5 scenarios for their culinary tasks after carefully collaborating with our customer.
Maximize light lifespan
It saves energy. You’ll reduce usage by dimming and turning off your home’s lights from one control panel. This extends lamp life and reduces replacement frequency.
Easier
Smart lighting control systems let you control your lights from a wall-mounted control centre, remote control, smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. This lets you alter your atmosphere from your sofa or control your lights on/off outside your home.
Safer
Sensors or your phone can help you find the bathroom at night. No more dark light switch searching.
Setting lights to turn on while on vacation is another method lighting controls can improve safety. Schedule your lights to turn on for an hour to dissuade burglars.
Control lighting using home automation
Lighting management systems let you set lights for frequent activities like dining. What if we said we could do more?
Technology has grown. This lets you control and simplify other systems with lighting. For example, your “Dinner” scene may turn on your favourite track, lower your automated blinds, and activate your artificial fireplace. Infinite possibilities.
Home lighting control cost
Every home has its own lighting control demands. Lighting controls are not one-size-fits-all. Controls, interfaces, lighting, and home size all effect project effort and expense.
Wireless lighting control systems like Lutron RA2 can cost £1,500 to £8,000, depending on house size and amount of rooms with pre-set settings. This technology lets you manage your lights and blinds from anywhere using your smartphone. The Lutron RA2 system offers a Pico keypad for scene management or a remote for light and blind control.
Lutron Homeworks offers a full-house solution for complete home control. This intelligent lighting management system lets you control your lights, shades, and music with your voice or smartphone and requires lighting designers and audio visual specialists to provide smooth control of your house. A Lutron Homeworks entire home system costs £12,000 for a house and up to £150,000–£200,000 for larger homes in affluent locations.
Lighting control manufacturers provide many home improvement technologies. Based on your lighting control goals, choose among Lutron, Rako, Control4, Loxone, and Savant.
Home lighting control cost varies on project size and desired control. Hampshire Light can explain home lighting control costs.
Can I install lighting control myself?
Yes. But not advised. Specialists are the safest, easiest, and most trustworthy option. They are trained and know how to install perfectly and reliably.
