Lighting Control

Its not just good lighting on its own, its how the lights are controlled that adds the wow factor to your design. 

Multiple lighting circuits within single areas are not uncommon. As an example it is easily possible to have four or more lighting circuits within a kitchen or hallway.

And no matter the cost of the light fitting, a 50w low voltage lamp will typically always produce the same light. It is the control of the light that is the true variable. Control can easily change the whole feel of a room instantly. Lighting control allows lighting scenes or moods to be created within these areas from a single press of a button providing both local and whole house control.

Keypads can also provide global control for example; being able to access a "welcome home" scene from the front door keypad, or being able to put the house into "overnight mode" where the whole house can be switched off from the master bedroom keypad, leaving just the landing light on outside the children's rooms.

Security is also enhanced. The lights can be set to switch on automatically if the smoke alarm is activated, or the whole house set to flash if the burglar alarm is triggered. The use of Astrological timers allows the house lighting to automatically run, creating the illusion of occupancy which is of course the best possible deterrent to would be intruders.

But the control aspect is only a small benefit of these types of systems. Dimming lights saves energy and in the world of ever increasing fuel costs this is becoming ever more important. 

All modern dimming systems provide soft start facilities which increase lamp life, thereby reducing on-going maintenance costs. It is generally the large spike of current when conventional switches are turned on that causes lamps to fail.

These solutions also greatly simplify the wiring infrastructure. In a conventional design live feeds are taken to each controlled circuit, switch lines are then placed according to the required switching arrangement either single or two-way. This format is restrictive and it is impossible to subsequently change the function of a particular switch without any costly re-cabling. 

Most lighting control systems we offer take all switched lighting feeds back to the dimming racks, with the keypads cabled using in-expensive Cat5 cable, speeding up and thus reducing the costs of the pre-wiring process. The keypads are then programmed according to the clients requirements. This can easily be changed at a later date if required, unlike conventional switching solutions.

Interconnection Ltd have a broad wealth of experience in both the domestic and commercial lighting sectors, on all scales of project.

Domestically, think about adding lighting control to at least the key areas of your property, Kitchens, Living Room and Entrance Halls, changing the feel of the rooms and adding a real wow factor.

In the Commercial environment think of the advantages of having preset lighting levels   easily set to suit the function of the space, and the energy saved by dimming the lights and not having the chance of them being inadvertently left on.