Nowadays home automation is being an integral part of making a new home. A number of functionalities may vary according to each and every customer and their uses. But because of its increased usage, it becomes very important for the customer as well as integrator/installer to know about the common faults in home automation systems and how to prevent them.
By becoming smart, a home is embedded with ubiquitous computing equipment that connects all the household devices to one another and the Internet. In these circumstances, protecting the power supply grid against faults becomes even more important, given the increasing number of sensitive devices connected in the emerging Smart world.
In order to prevent these hazards, there are 4 essential precautions you must take if you are doing Home Automation:
A voltage stabilizer will feed constant voltage current to all the electrical gadgets of your house like ACs, TVs, computers and also the automation devices and circuits hence protecting them from damage due to voltage fluctuations.
All these problems can be prevented by simply integrating a stabilizer in your electrical grid.
The Circuits used in home automation are mostly placed inside the switchboards and hence have to be very compact in size. So the size of internal relays used in it also has to be compact.
Now when a big group of loads (i.e. multiple lights or strip lights) is connected to an automation circuit, it draws a big amount of current when the device starts. Hence there is a potential risk of device failure due to this overcurrent passing through it.
But there is no need to worry. There is a simple & full proof solution to this problem which can be done by the integrator or installer. The solution is to use current limiting components with all such loads that might draw more current.
These components will limit the current to a stable value even when a large amount is drawn by the load hence avoiding the failure permanently.
By using these relays we divert the current to flow through it rather than flowing through the automation circuit. These relays have a larger capacity of current hence there is no harm to them when a large value of current passes through it. And they are triggered only when a signal (in form of current) is given to them by the automation circuit/device.
Hence we can eliminate the threat of damage to automation circuits completely and still enjoy the benefits of automation.
According to a survey done in 2019, the most hacked devices are:
But there is no need to worry. These cyber security threats can be avoided if these necessary precautions are taken by your installer/integrator:
Customer opts for home automation as they want to make their life less tedious and more comfortable. And this can be done only when these necessary electrical, as well as cyber-security-related precautions, are taken by their installer/integrator.
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