I live in South Africa, where we 220V and fat, round 3-pin plugs, although 2-pin Euro-style plugs are also commonplace.
I'd like to automate some power outlets for some lamps and other applicances (dimmers would be nice, but not essential) and am soliciting advice on what to use.
I could wire the standard outlet back to my Clipsal C-Bus relays in the main power distribution board, but realy channels are very expensive and it would require rewiring the points.
I refuse to go X-10, it's a toy, not a HA product. I've tried and it's just too flaky.
I'd prefer something that was a single, outlet unit, that I could replace the exiting outlet with, or something that went in the same enclosure as the existing outlet.
I've seen some Zigbee devices (http://www.simplehomenet.com/ for example) but from what I can see that's going to require me to write a plugin, and .NET and I are merely passing acquiantences rather than bosom-buddies.
Z-Wave outlets would be great, but I can't find any in 220V, the plug-in European modules are not bad, but really chunky by the time I've added 3-pin to Euro adapters too.
Am I the only sucker in the 220V world trying to do this? What else is out there that I'm missing?
I'd like to automate some power outlets for some lamps and other applicances (dimmers would be nice, but not essential) and am soliciting advice on what to use.
I could wire the standard outlet back to my Clipsal C-Bus relays in the main power distribution board, but realy channels are very expensive and it would require rewiring the points.
I refuse to go X-10, it's a toy, not a HA product. I've tried and it's just too flaky.
I'd prefer something that was a single, outlet unit, that I could replace the exiting outlet with, or something that went in the same enclosure as the existing outlet.
I've seen some Zigbee devices (http://www.simplehomenet.com/ for example) but from what I can see that's going to require me to write a plugin, and .NET and I are merely passing acquiantences rather than bosom-buddies.
Z-Wave outlets would be great, but I can't find any in 220V, the plug-in European modules are not bad, but really chunky by the time I've added 3-pin to Euro adapters too.
Am I the only sucker in the 220V world trying to do this? What else is out there that I'm missing?
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