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I work with Levven Controls, and what they offer to home builders is smart home controls on every switch and light in the entire home during construction, but f
by lgunsch 7y ago
I work with Levven Controls, and what they offer to home builders is smart home controls on every switch and light in the entire home during construction, but for less cost than traditional wiring. There are no wires going to switch boxes, so that labour and material cost savings is enough to offset the cost of smart controls.
- CrazyStat 7y agoI assume no wires means battery powered. How long do the batteries last? Will I need to replace the batteries in all my light switches every couple years?
- ghaff 7y agoThey claim 10+ years. https://levven.com/products/consumer-wireless-switch-controls/ https://levven.com/products/consumer-wireless-switch-control... but I don't have any personal experience. I know a couple of wireless X-10 switches I used to own lasted for a very long time. I'm not sure I ever replaced the batteries.
- Symbiote 7y agoI have a similar system in my rented apartment, and there's no issue with batteries after 4 years so far. I wouldn't choose it. Every ten pushes of the switch, nothing happens, and there's no visible / feelable state of the position of a switch.
- lgunsch 7y agoThe tactile feedback part of the switch is definitely an area we have tagged for improvement.
- lgunsch 7y agoBatteries last 10 - 15 years with regular usage (30 on/offs a day). They use just a regular button cell battery.
- CrazyStat 7y agoThanks! That seems pretty reasonable.
- MarioMan 7y agoSome wireless switches use the force of flipping the switch itself to power the transmission: kinetic light switches. That means you need to press a bit harder, but there’s no need to replace batteries.