Motorized Sklyight Shades- Battery Power Sufficient?
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Comments (7)Before having any wiring done, you need to decide on what product you are using! Most of our customers go with the battery-powered motorization (because the shades are installed post-construction). But, with our customers who have chosen to go with the hard-wired option, we started working with them and their contractor during the construction phase, so everyone was on the same page as to wiring, specs, etc. If you are going to spend the money to have hard-wired shades, find a good local company to work with. If they know what they are doing, they will work with the contractor/electrician. Plus, you want someone who knows how to repair and troubleshoot these shades if there are issues after installation (always a possibility with electronics)....See MoreMotorized blinds are eating batteries-suggested retrofits?
Comments (16)Wondering if you ever found a solution? I have a whole house that came with HunterDouglas Powerview motorized shades, they are very nice and work well but they literally consume batteries (12 each) on a pretty much monthly basis and we don't even open and close them most days. It's ridiculous, wasteful, expensive and a huge pain in the butt because you usually realize they are dead when you go to open a window that has the blind all the way down making them hard to get to without damaging the shade. There are the rechargeable battery wands now but they are very pricey plus a charger and I have 7 windows to do. I really wish we just had basic manuals at this point or there was a way to manually operate these when they are out of battery. Replacing all the blinds isn't an option either. I can't seem to find a knockoff reasonably priced rechargeable battery wand either....See MoreMotorized Blinds for Windows (some high)
Comments (13)@Tricia, ours are Lutron roller shades that roll from the bottom up, cut to fit to cover the entire window when they are “up”. If you can See the picture, there is a white housing that runs along the bottom of the windows that the shades store in when they are ”down”....See Morewhat are good hardwired motorized shades?
Comments (5)I would suspect that with blinds, a plug into an outlet would always be noticeable. Since the market for 120V hardwired blinds would be just on new houses, your choices may be limited. And even when you have 120V, how do you cover the wires? (for Haylo, not OP) Now curtains - I have 120V. But the wire and motor assembly is easily covered. I think the right answer is not to build houses with inaccessible windows. I have one (that I built) and I should have done something different. I have no blinds on that window - the only one in the house. And dusting the sill is a chore. And the window is not exactly clean over the years. Even for control, you will find wireless so much more common (because <1% will have cat6 to their windows)....See Morefynite
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