Guide to Smart Home Wiring - Electrical

Smart Home wiring for electrical circuits is a mix of conventional 240v wiring that remains the same to control the actual load (lights) but also includes data cabling for the switch control. Conventional wiring of your home

The old way of controlling lights was with the normal switches you have used for years. These switches simply turn on or off to control the load. If you wanted to change the way you controlled the lights in any way then you would have to re-wire your house. To be able to control the same lights from different locations in different ways is virtually impossible.

With smart home electrical wiring a major change occurs over conventional wiring. Mainly devices (called dimmers & relays) now control the loads instead of 240v switches. Your normal switches are replaced with intelligent switches that are linked via data cable. These switches "talk" to the dimmers and relays and instruct them what to do. The great thing about this method is that the system is reprogrammed rather than rewired at any time to make the changes required.