Lighting and Electrical

Lighting System Overview

The lighting for the house is mostly controlled by Insteon (SmartHome) switches and keypads. These are capable of controlling each other and being controlled by a separate software application (that doesn't exist as of this writing). To keep walls from being cluttered, most switch locations only have a single Keypad, even if the room actually has multiple lighting circuits. The keypad controls one of the circuits and the other circuits are controlled by switches located in a separate location - either the upstairs hallway or downstairs wiring closet.

Each circuit is assigned an identifier that shows up on the lighting plans and in a spreadsheet that documents all the lighting and electrical circuits (as well as much of the low-voltage wiring).