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From a safety perspective, it's probably better that they are wired, though I'd prefer them to be wired to Ethernet and powered by PoE, rather than with 120/240
by alexchamberlain 12y ago
From a safety perspective, it's probably better that they are wired, though I'd prefer them to be wired to Ethernet and powered by PoE, rather than with 120/240V.
- atwebb 12y agoWhat am I missing that it is safer to be wired? There's no guarantee that the bulbs going to be good when you hit the switch so I'd guess the battery concern would be the same. Unless you mean for hacking/tech security in which case I can see the difference.
- alexchamberlain 12y agoI simply meant safer in the same way that wired smoke alarms are safer: you can't forget to change the battery because you don't use it very often. Think of a cupboard's light switch, for example.
- a-priori 12y agoWhy? If you're going to be doing any work on the electrical, you should be shutting off the entire circuit at the breaker, regardless of whether the bulb is controlled by a switch or some fancy home automation system, just in case you or someone else in the house or an automated system absentmindedly turns on the bulb. From a safety perspective, how the bulb is controlled is irrelevant.