Their suburban housing is the dream of many, and it is very important that it be carefully thought out and comfortable for living. For example, many people want to make their "smart home" hands. What is it and how to think about it so that your home is not only beautiful and well-planned, but also functional?
"Smart home": what is it?
Experts say that such a system is based on the complete automation of all components of housing. For example, if you do not want to get up at night and turn off the lights in the corridor, you can do it much easier: with one remote control several problems are solved at once. To make your smart home yours hands, you have to work hard, but because many prefer ready-made systems offered by various companies. For example, with the help of a variety of controllers, sensors, wires, actuators, which are cleaned into the walls of the building, you can simultaneously control all components of your home: electricity and water supply, lighting and ventilation. In this case, the participation of the owner in this process is minimal - control exclusively by the remote control.
How it's done?
The modern Smart Home system is thought out to the smallest detail. That is, the owner of such housing can keep under control all the vital components of his cottage or apartment. Moreover, most companies that specialize in such designs perform installation of the system " »Taking into account the wishes of customers. It is noteworthy that each such development is individual, it is created for a specific object, respectively, and the design solution is completely different for each specific case.
Smart system home "for an apartment or a country cottage suggests that the object will be filled with a kind of "electronic servants". Moreover, it is not only and not so much TVs, refrigerators and home theaters, but underfloor heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, boilers and pumps. Plus uninterruptible power supplies. Of course, installing all these systems on your own is not so easy, but it’s still worth trying to make your home “smart”.
Where to begin?
Our house is a kind of puzzle that you need to correctly assemble. That is, we must saturate it with the help of various technical devices, communications, which will work for our own convenience. To make Smart house" their hands, we need to combine a number of components into a single stable working system. Moreover, the elementary design can be created independently. To do this, you only need to have certain skills:
- Know the electrician and be able to control various electrical devices, work with current.
- Understand the principles of building automatic systems, that is, understand what controllers are, what signals they give.
- To be able to program to create a desktop or mobile operating system and an interface through which control will be implemented.
- Clearly understand the algorithms that the Smart system will work on house".
- It is good to know the equipment used.
That is, our task is to combine all the solutions into one in order to manage the entire building through a computer or mobile device. Let's try to figure out what is needed for the Smart home »equipment.
First: warning system
Timely warning of accidents is a guarantee that the owner will not worry about the breakdown of any structure or leakage of pipes. If you install an automatic power supply system in your home , you can keep under control the allowable load on the power supply network. At the same time, even with a short circuit, the electricity supply will be turned off, and the equipment itself will be safe and sound. If you suddenly forget to turn off the iron or faucet, the sensor will definitely warn you about this, and if necessary, will shut down all systems.
Second: power supply
The Smart Home system (it’s quite possible to install some of its components with your own hands) assumes that the power supply must be reliable, especially if the light in your area turns off quite often. To protect your equipment and housing in general, it is necessary to install stabilized power supplies in which the battery is built-in in the "smart home". This will keep all systems operational in case of emergency. In order not to think about possible power outages, you can mount a diesel generator and backup power units in your home. Thanks to automatic control, the fuel level in the generator will be constantly monitored, and the load on the network will be distributed evenly.
Third: security alarm
Protection of your home plays an important role, including in the Smart house". With your own hands, installing an alarm will not be difficult. For example, sensors can be placed along the fence that encloses the area on walls, windows, doors, and in rooms. If at least one of them suddenly works, all warning systems that are programmed in a particular algorithm are activated. Such a system will consist of a presence sensor, a control panel, an uninterruptible power supply with a battery (in the event of a power outage, it will work for about 6-7 hours), a siren, a tablet key reader.
Fourth: lighting control
It is necessary to competently manage the Smart Home system. With your own hands (the scheme should be drawn up together with competent designers), you can develop a lighting control system, thanks to which you can significantly save on the maintenance of the house and create comfort in it. It is necessary to select the number and types of lighting fixtures depending on which room they will be mounted in, how the interior will be designed in it, and so on. At the same time, everyone can arrange the lighting system the way he likes and needs. The main thing is automatic control, when the owner of the house may not think about whether he turned off the light or not. You can configure the system so that the lighting will be lit when a person approaches and go out when he leaves.
Fifth: power consumption
To limit the power that the house consumes, it is necessary to install an energy management system. Thanks to this solution, serious problems that can arise if the power reaches its peak can be avoided. For example, if your cottage has underfloor heating powered by electricity, an overload of the mains may occur. If you create an intelligent system, you can achieve a smooth inclusion of floors in different rooms until the house is fully warmed up. This will avoid sudden surges and network congestion. In addition, the presence of such a system will lead to the fact that as the power approaches the peak generator will turn on itself, and as soon as it decreases, it will turn off.
Sixth: the sockets should be normal
The simplest thing you can do for the Smart Home system is do-it-yourself outlets equipment. This solution is economical because it is enough to have an antenna and the ability to control it from a distance using a key fob. The essence of such a system is that all sockets in the house are connected by a single electrical circuit. Accordingly, when you receive a command to turn on, for example, a kettle or a toaster, the appliances begin to work at a specific time you set. In addition, the presence of such a centralized system allows you to turn off all included electrical appliances with the click of a button on a key fob.
Seventh: floor heating
Today such floor coverings are very popular, and this despite the fact that installation is not cheap. It is convenient and pleasant to walk on such a floor; it is always warm and safe on it. Modern warm coatings can be water or electric. If you install the Smart Home system in the house, then you can constantly control the temperature in the room. Moreover, it is controlled by remote control. Intelligent system is the guarantee that the temperature will be maintained in the house or apartment. At the same time, energy consumption will be rational, and therefore beneficial to owners.
Eighth: heating system
Agree, the ability to independently adjust the state and degree of heating of the batteries in the house is worth a lot. In ordinary apartments, we cannot just turn them on and off, for example, if it gets too hot. In a “smart home”, this is easy to do, because it has radiator heating with built-in intelligent modules. Thanks to them, a certain temperature is maintained in the room, which automatically changes using the remote control. This system can be easily implemented in any interior, without any harm being done to it.
This is done simply: control valves are installed on conventional radiators. They can be controlled automatically through the control panel, in which the temperature sensor is integrated. If you make a more complex configuration, then in it the valves and consoles are connected via a radio channel, and adjustment and control can be done through a computer or the Internet.
There are a huge number of solutions, technologies to make your home “smart,” that is, functional and well-equipped. Many of them are quite simple. Something can be done independently, for example, to install an anti-icing system for roofs and stairs or an automatic water supply structure. And some systems should only be installed with professionals, for example, when it comes to power supplies. In any case, it is worth spending money and making your home meet all modern requirements of reliability, safety, quality.