so we've had a fantastic day here at Tresham we've had dan from DSS electrical in with us
all day and you've put on a master class for us and one of the master classes was using
garden lighting is that correct uh yes otherwise known as landscape lighting for the joke all day
we've got some landscape laying here but we're actually doing some really clever stuff with
turning it on and off the switching mechanism what type of switches have you shown us today
so these are a brand called Quinetic and they are actually kinetic switches okay so they don't work
on cables no no cables so they work on batteries no batteries so they work on kinetic energy we
like to call that now okay so yeah so when i press the switch yes it creates a signal it
does and where does that signal end up going to it creates a radio frequency signal that ends up
at this wireless receiving controller here okay and where can we use those then where have you
been using those in your working practice so quite recently we've been using them for retrofit and
two-way switching so if the house is finished it's plastered it's painted you can retrofit
this save for example behind a downlight okay and then from there you can install the switch at any
point in the room okay because the switch doesn't require any cables or any batteries no okay that's
correct we've got it set up at the moment where it'll control different bits of garden lighting
and we've also got it controlling some IP68 strip lighting also used for outside i think it would
be worth bringing the camera in and you've shown us how easy it is to pair the different ranges of
switches we've got here in different applications and then we can see these garden lights coming
on and off with the switches that right yeah absolutely let's bring the camera in perfect
okay then dan so we've powered the receivers okay can you point the receivers out for me
those are these two here okay we've powered those receivers at the moment we've plugged
it in of course then we'd be taking a localized supply to it yes but now we've got a series of
switches in front of you that work on this kinetic energy but aren't paired to those
actual receivers can you show us how simple it is to repair them so what you do to pair you ensure
you've got power to the unit itself you press and hold the pairing button here for three seconds
you'll see the red light start to flash and then after that you just operate your switch
which then operates the light that seems too incredibly easy
so with that in mind then could you do a second switch and make it two way yes absolutely so what
we do same principle again press the button hold for three seconds and we'll pick the fob this time
two presses operates the light and then just to confirm i'll put this one down
turn it off there turn it back on there can you explain when you might want to use the fob style
one because i really do like that fob so the fob we've found is fantastic say for example you've
got a outside floodlight and when you come home instead of it operating via a PIR when you pull
up in your car press this to turn the light on once you've got safely in your house you can turn
it off again and that's pretty cool isn't it it is we have also got the led strip we've fed it from a
different receiver so you compare i like the one that looks remarkably like a grid switch you've
got down there does that fit into a grid frame so this yes now this switch here will fit into
an MK grid switch and it's specifically designed for that itself okay so can you pair that maybe
for the strip line yes okay so that's the other receiver same principle so on the other receiver
check you've got power by pressing the pair button you'll see the red light start to flash
two presses and then the led strip comes on that is just incredibly easy simple as that
so dan would you say this is making massive improvements in the ease of installing outside
garden lighting yeah absolutely before the ways of switching garden light and were quite
primitive and things like that or you had to run cables back to a suitable location
which would mean chasing out the walls in kitchens by back doors and things like that where people
could easily access the switch this way we can mount the receivers anywhere within the garden
and then you can operate these switches up to 10 per receiver from up to 20 meters indoor
and i believe it's over 100 meters outdoor that's fantastic thanks dan cheers guys
so dan thanks for that so again from my learner's point of view we've been doing one-way
two-way two-way intermediate switching using cables and three core and identifying conductors
yes and you've come in and shown wonders the wonders of kinetic switching yeah and the way
that we can send a radio frequency in order to operate the lights and in this case we've
been using garden lighting is that correct uh yes landscape line thank you very much
so again there's there's some stuff we did some stuff about series wiring in here with
the owners didn't we okay we're holding back at the moment um we're not actually trying to
show people how to keep these up we're just showing them how the switches are actually
uh working and sending the signal to the receivers so i think it's time to end it
yes are you ready this time had a couple of practices today i think we're
uh yeah i think we're there so me and dan we hope this video has been some help