Hey everyone,
I've followed the huge RadioRa2 thread for a long time now, but I'm posting this separately in hopes that someone can help verify a couple of things for me this weekend. On Monday we're finishing up the boxes and wiring in the theater build and on Tuesday we're scheduled to start sealing it up behind drywall. Thanks for any help.
What I mainly need help with is confirming that we're hard wiring the locations appropriately and that we're selecting the correct size/gang boxes. I don't want to wish I had more room, but I also don't want a ton of unused box space. Finally, I want to make sure I understand the role of the dimmers and switches as well as the hybrid keypads.
Theater Zones being wired:
1 - Main can lights (6)
2 - Behind screen can lights (3)
3 - Screen wash can lights (3)
4 - Back bar can lights (3)
5 - Step lights (3)
6 - Star Ceiling
Each of these zones is wired as a separate circuit and will have it's own discrete dimmer/switch to be controlled independently. At this point, I can run the wires anywhere I want (ceiling and drywall is down).
Attached is a top-down picture of the basic layout of the theater doors and the location of the switches. At first I thought that I would need one dimmer for every circuit, PLUS whatever keypads I wanted to use. However, do I understand correctly that the hybrid keypads double as a single dimmer? So for every hybrid keypad I use, I need one less dimmer? For the 6 theater zones, if I want 2 hybrid keypads (one inside of each door) I would only need 4 additional dimmers, correct?
Also attached are images blowing up the 3 box locations. I will have two boxes inside the theater, one by each entry door. I will have a third box in the game room outside of the theater. The game room box will house the extra dimmers for the theater circuits as well as a keypad for future use in the game room. The box by the main theater entry will be 2-gang to accommodate expansion (probably a keypad to control wireless honeycomb blinds) and the game room panel will have one unused circuit for expansion in either room.
Does this look like it is laid out properly? I have access over both rooms in the attic, but I'll be sealing the walls up for good on Tuesday. Hopefully this mess of a post makes sense to someone and thank you for any feedback!
I've followed the huge RadioRa2 thread for a long time now, but I'm posting this separately in hopes that someone can help verify a couple of things for me this weekend. On Monday we're finishing up the boxes and wiring in the theater build and on Tuesday we're scheduled to start sealing it up behind drywall. Thanks for any help.
What I mainly need help with is confirming that we're hard wiring the locations appropriately and that we're selecting the correct size/gang boxes. I don't want to wish I had more room, but I also don't want a ton of unused box space. Finally, I want to make sure I understand the role of the dimmers and switches as well as the hybrid keypads.
Theater Zones being wired:
1 - Main can lights (6)
2 - Behind screen can lights (3)
3 - Screen wash can lights (3)
4 - Back bar can lights (3)
5 - Step lights (3)
6 - Star Ceiling
Each of these zones is wired as a separate circuit and will have it's own discrete dimmer/switch to be controlled independently. At this point, I can run the wires anywhere I want (ceiling and drywall is down).
Attached is a top-down picture of the basic layout of the theater doors and the location of the switches. At first I thought that I would need one dimmer for every circuit, PLUS whatever keypads I wanted to use. However, do I understand correctly that the hybrid keypads double as a single dimmer? So for every hybrid keypad I use, I need one less dimmer? For the 6 theater zones, if I want 2 hybrid keypads (one inside of each door) I would only need 4 additional dimmers, correct?
Also attached are images blowing up the 3 box locations. I will have two boxes inside the theater, one by each entry door. I will have a third box in the game room outside of the theater. The game room box will house the extra dimmers for the theater circuits as well as a keypad for future use in the game room. The box by the main theater entry will be 2-gang to accommodate expansion (probably a keypad to control wireless honeycomb blinds) and the game room panel will have one unused circuit for expansion in either room.
Does this look like it is laid out properly? I have access over both rooms in the attic, but I'll be sealing the walls up for good on Tuesday. Hopefully this mess of a post makes sense to someone and thank you for any feedback!
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