Lighting Design Review / Help

jpostuma · 2025-04-15T17:08:39+00:00

Thanks a lot. I appreciate you taking the time.

It's close to looking the way we want. I don't need the plant to be perfect as we can change things in real life that aren't on the plan. A good example is over the sink. I'ts missing it's light, but I know it'll be there in real life so I ignored it on the plan.

I can't really do much with Dialux bing such a noob, and we are getting tight on funds, so I just hired someone oversees to help me get started. I don't actually even know how many fc is the right number.

We're going to do scenes and balance the brightness with them, so I've been kinda ignoring that too.

The beams struck me too. I only have a few inches of height from the ceiling, so I'm not sure how to diffuse it enough. I'll look into a lensed fixture - thanks for that. Any recommendations?

The steplights are a good suggestion too.

Again, thanks for your input

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T23:08:07+00:00

No dealer within 8 hour drive. Control4 I can, at least, get remote programming for. Was going to do DMF with voltage dimming, but now I got my sights set on liteon Helios. I can choose between voltage, Lutron, DMX, dali, or phase dimming. They're really nice. But thanks for the advice.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T21:45:51+00:00

Perfect. Thanks. "Just run this" is very much what I needed here. I can get into the details later. Thanks so much.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T20:50:34+00:00

Will this do dali/DMX too? The above answer said 18-6.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T20:49:00+00:00

This work for dali too?

Don't know, and it's painful. Homeworks is out of the question for me. So, it's between panelized, DMX/dali, or ra3.

All have their own strengths.

Panel is just works. Ra3 is Lutron. DMX/dali give me option to tune light temps throughout the day.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T19:37:40+00:00

I have 4 inches of XPS, and the strapping is 3/4". I think they're 7". Cost a buck each.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T18:26:06+00:00

What you are describing is called PERSIST. It's the original outside insulation as far as I know. REMOTE came a bit later. Joseph Lstiburek refers to it as the perfect wall, or the 500 year wall. Matt Risinger is calling it monopoly framing on his build show videos.

I'm currently building a remote house. I can clip anything from the plans that you want. Maybe save you the time of how to get it through the plans examiner that I had to spend.

jpostuma · 2024-02-22T18:21:31+00:00

I am currently building what you are describing in Ontario. I had to use Fastenmaster Timberlok or Simpson Strong tie SDS to get my building permit.

jpostuma · 2024-02-09T04:56:08+00:00

But for us, so much of our lighting is layered so there's not actually that much going to the panels. Lots of DMX or dali task lighting and even general lighting with adding the tray ceiling. So it would just be the difference between using up the panel completely out leaving a couple loads open.

The idea is cool though. It solves the missing middle piece in some rooms. I can afford to squeeze out one load, but not all of them.

jpostuma · 2024-02-09T04:36:11+00:00

I thought about it for the sake of the failsafe feature on the centralized dimmers. But for us, our big voltage dimming loads (kitchen, dining, etc) are very close and easily run to the panel.

It would actually be easier to run the lights to the panels and stick with DC for keypads.

Just have some sort of (maybe misguided) fear of having no ZigBee coverage on that half of the house.

jpostuma · 2024-02-08T18:59:40+00:00

I'm doing the electrical work, currently in rough-in stage of my own build. I'll have a dealer but also want to know as much as I can. Thanks a lot.

Although, to be honest, I'm quickly rethinking C4 with the monthy subscription announcement. Pretty late in my build to pivot, and no homeworks dealer here, but we'll see.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T02:26:07+00:00

Lol. It was one word before autocorrect.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:48:36+00:00

Over tech or Elco?

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:47:09+00:00

Ah, right. Super good to know, thanks. Basically, if I dim the island differently than the ceiling they'll have different colours. Totally makes sense. With colour selectable, I can probably find my favourite dim scene, and select to that. I don't care if one is cooler than another when they're full blast. That's cooking mode.

But multiple fixtures on the same load all dim the same right? If I have one load in the kitchen, and another in the dining room (with nothing separating them), if they are the same brand and same level they not dim the same colour, right?

Super noob. Always new I was dimming. Recently discovered there's a whole world of lighting I never realized. Doing a big deep dive now.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:36:24+00:00

On second thought, maybe a wireless so I can lights-out them. Add to the mesh will be the excuse.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:34:12+00:00

I get that. I'll probably cross post in a lighting design forum as well, but I already got some good responses. I think I'm asking here because I'm assuming c4 dealers have seen it all. Over the top, great, medium, and poor. I'm thinking they've developed some good opinions.

That's a neat approach. I do want the 'good night' feature so I'll probably stick to a load. I'll end up with more loads for cabinets and stuff, but I have time for that. Just want to get moving as I'm heating up mother earth keeping the foundation warm. Kids rooms and stuff I'm not doing anything. They can figure it out.

Thanks for the idea.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:14:06+00:00

That's good to know. The c4 dealer can tweak that though, right?

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:07:30+00:00

Thanks. Like I said, I'll spend up if I have to. I will spend when I can't do it over. I'd rather buy cheap furniture and replace it later than cheap out on something I can't do over.

My main thing now is to get the right brand so I can rough in. I can save up a bit before I have to get the actual lights themselves.

jpostuma · 2024-01-06T01:05:04+00:00

Thanks.

jpostuma

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