How wireless lighting control halves your installation costs

The majority of costs associated with the installation of wired lighting control are linked to labor. And for retrofit projects, the costs are even higher. If you want to bring your expenditure down, then wireless is the only way to go.

Roughly speaking, the labor costs associated with a wired DALI installation can be linked to 6 cost drivers: 

1. Removal of old fixtures.

2. Removal of old 3 core (power cables).

3. New cables, at least 5 cores, to each DALI subnet.

4. Fixture installation assembly, installation of DALI controller.

5. DALI programming.

Experience also suggests that with a wired installation, surfaces are often damaged, leading to the sixth cost driver:

6. Repair work, such as replastering and repainting. 

It’s time to do DALI the wireless way

W-DALI is the ultimate wireless alternative to the DALI cable. It makes upgrading lighting systems easier, quicker and cheaper, saving you up to 50% of the cost of a wired retrofit.

“What we have seen when comparing wired and wireless installations is that of course you will need more components but – and this is the important thing – you spend less time and become more efficient.”

Niclas Norlén, W-DALI Product Manager, LumenRadio

Spending less time on wireless installations means you not only save on labor costs but you can also complete twice as many projects. This is the great value of working with wireless and W-DALI.

Wireless installation: quick, simple and cost-effective

Although component costs associated with wireless installation are higher compared to wired installation, all other costs are massively reduced. With no recabling or construction work, a wireless retrofit with W-DALI will not require repair costs.  

This retrofit example depicted in the chart below is a typical case which compares the installation costs associated with wired vs wireless.

A wireless retrofit with W-DALI reduces labor cost drivers so you are just left with these three: 

1. Removal of old fixtures (power cables retained).

2. Luminaire installation, installation of DALI controllers and wireless control units.

3. DALI programming.

W-DALI reduces the time required for installation and commissioning which means several wireless projects can be completed in the time it would have taken to carry out a single wired retrofit. Quick, simple and cost-effective.