IVB
Senior Member
I had a convo with Steve @EHX, still trying to determine what my opinion is.
His basic theory about how to approach his own house is that all this RF/wireless stuff bombarding our house/bodies could be a bad thing, and that as long as there's an option (ie, UPB), he was going with that route. Not that zWave is bad for others, just not his personal decision.
So I got to thinking; UPB wasn't an option for me given my lack of 3rd wire in 90% of my outlets, but for others, did that enter your decision-making process?
Given that I've also screwed up many of my plaster/lathe ceilings with attempting to put speakers in, i'm wondering whether I'd be better off spending $150 or more getting someone to fix it or 2-3x ripping out the plaster/lathe and putting in sheetrock. And, if I'm going to do that, should I just do it for the 10 walls that have lightswitches, and put neutral's in every location. That way I could swap out for UPB.
Of course, that's a slippery slope, and I could just run LV to each switch as well and put in Centralite hardwired, but that's another thread
His basic theory about how to approach his own house is that all this RF/wireless stuff bombarding our house/bodies could be a bad thing, and that as long as there's an option (ie, UPB), he was going with that route. Not that zWave is bad for others, just not his personal decision.
So I got to thinking; UPB wasn't an option for me given my lack of 3rd wire in 90% of my outlets, but for others, did that enter your decision-making process?
Given that I've also screwed up many of my plaster/lathe ceilings with attempting to put speakers in, i'm wondering whether I'd be better off spending $150 or more getting someone to fix it or 2-3x ripping out the plaster/lathe and putting in sheetrock. And, if I'm going to do that, should I just do it for the 10 walls that have lightswitches, and put neutral's in every location. That way I could swap out for UPB.
Of course, that's a slippery slope, and I could just run LV to each switch as well and put in Centralite hardwired, but that's another thread