Somfy and Lutron provide each pipe motors for elevating and decreasing of inside motor curtains. Lutron sells the engine and shadows, however Somfy solely sells the motor that may be mixed with any windowshade. Each corporations additionally promote controls (wall controls, distant controls and connectors) which might be used to regulate their respective motors.
On the finish of the 90s, Lutron launched Qued Digital Drive, which paired with its personal model of shades (sun shades primarily). The product made giant waves for being nearly quiet. This was a traditional instance of redefining industrial competitiveness. The feeling of Lutron's quiet engines, shoppers didn’t even know that motor noise would or could be an element of their selections about motorized shadow purchases. Solely in recent times, Somfy has prevented QED's silence. At present there’s nonetheless a distinction, but it surely's a bit and most shoppers don’t contemplate it a vital issue.
Somfy produces two various kinds of "quiet" motors utilized in motor home windows; AC energy model (ST50) and lately launched DC energy model (ST30). QED Motors Lutron's All Low Voltage, DC Motors. The distinction between AC and DC energy is that the previous is a excessive voltage however the latter is low voltage. AC energy is similar as energy that comes from plugging a cable into an ordinary outlet. Low voltage is pushed by the identical output, however the cable has a transformer (consider a cell cable or pc energy with its field on the middle of cable – it's a transformer) and cut back or beat down the excessive voltage energy supply from outlet to low voltage energy. The primary motive why DC energy is vital is that fewer build-up issues come up and no electrician is required for wiring with low-voltage motors. In contrast to electricians, electrical prices, electrical energy prices and dealing strategies, each are significantly smaller.
QED is out there in three completely different sizes known as QED64, QED100 and QED225. The quantity offers a tough dimension of sq. footage of the fabric the engine is designed to carry. For instance, QED64 can shade as much as eight toes x eight toes, QED100 can shade as much as 10 toes x 10 toes and QED225 can shadow as much as 15 & # 39; x 15 & # 39; – this dimension motor is barely not often required for residential purposes. These are solely coordinates on this discipline, these motors are identified to really drive greater than these numeric values characterize. The scale of the motor impacts the diameter of the one which determines the diameter of the tube utilized by the motor. Lutored QED64 makes use of 1 5/eight "tube, 100 makes use of 2 ½" tube and bigger 225 makes use of three half "tubes. The diameter of the diameter is principally to find out how extensive a bike will be with out turning (flexing) Glossy tube implies that the fabric is not going to roll up accurately The fabric will result in rolling, this isn’t acceptable. Due to this fact, the scale of the motor is as excessive as a shadow wiper. It’s a couple of truck.
referred to as the Sonnesse line, additionally makes use of completely different sizes tube. ST30 makes use of 1 half "tube, ST50 can use both 2" or 2 half "tube *. The ST50 cargo house is someplace between 100 and 225. For very giant purposes, Somfy has greater motors than hitherto, they don’t seem to be in Sonnesse's (quiet) product vary. It is extremely uncommon for a motor bigger than the ST50 is required for inside purposes.
Each QED and Sonnesse motors have confirmed dependable and each include a 5 yr guarantee.
Supply by April Kettelle