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by jaclaz 1760 days ago
I wonder where the "requirement" for low voltage DC comes from.

At least here Europe/Italy there are bus-based systems from various manufacturers.

Example:

https://professionisti.bticino.it/catalogo-prodotti/myhome-i...

(not too bad in google translate)

Basically normal wires (here 220-250 V AC) Live+Neutral+Ground and a signal (bus) 2 wire cable arrive to each and every electrical box/light point.

Then you can install into the box any kind of device, switches, outlets, etc., and you can configure them.

The bus wires (the protocol is called SCS):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_SCS

allows also (low power) 27 V DC trasmission.

The protocol and compliant devices were first introduced between 1996 and 2000 and are by now well tested and reliable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWebNet

Legrand also uses the same protocol:

https://developer.legrand.com/documentation/open-web-net-for...