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Fitting a lighting automation system in residential properties is now regarded as “standard specification” for many people, and over the past few years, it has become far more cost effective and simplified – no longer confined just to the world of the “custom install specialist” as products become more wide spread and sold through online stores on the internet.

It is possible to use a Lutron Grafik Eye mood lighting scene controller in your home. Either to automation the lighting on a room by room basis or link many units together for a whole house system.

Use lighting to enhance the entertainment experience of your principle living spaces. Create different lighting scenes for different uses such as entertaining guests, watching TV, or a quite evening relaxation. Use lighting control to complete the ‘Home cinema’ experience.

Add functionality to your home with a home automation control system. Set ‘whole house’ welcome home scenes, or with a single touch set a whole house evening light scene. The Kitchen uses different lighting for food preparation, breakfast dining for the family or evening dining for two. Create paths of lights from one principle living space to another, for example from the master bedroom to the kitchen via the landing and hall. One button lights a path through the house.

Incorporate bedside whole house light control. Switches all the lights off from the bedside, likewise switch on certain lights in case of a panic. Add occupancy simulation lighting security, lighting that automatically switches on at dusk and off at a pre-set time so the property looks like someone is at home when your away.

With the introduction wireless lighting controls, it is also possible to fit lighting control systems to an existing property with out the need to re-wire the building.

Lighting control systems can also provide two energy saving features. 1) dimming saves electricity; for example a light dimmed to 50% uses about 52% electricity. 2) soft start and dimming to 90% will extend the lamp life.

Once you live in a home with lighting control, you will never go back to a simple light switch.

When you wish to learn to drive, you have a choice of taking your driving lessons in a manual or automatic car.

If you do pass your driving test in an automatic vehicle though, you will need to bare in mind that you will not be able to drive a manual car with that licence (UK). If however, you pass your test in a manual car, you are entitled to drive an automatic car.

A manual car has gears and three foot operated pedals. You have to change up and down the gears yourself at the appropriate time.

An automatic car has an automatic gearbox that will change the gears for you and only two foot pedals (accelerator & brake). This makes learning in an automatic car a popular choice by those learners who find it difficult to co-ordinate the gears and clutch whilst driving a manual car. Older or disabled learner drivers often find an automatic vehicle easier also.

The vast majority of people tend to learn to drive in a manual car. As a result, there are far more driving instructors and driving schools who teach in manual cars than in automatic cars. It may be more difficult therefore to find a driving instructor or driving school that undertake automatic lessons. These lessons are often more expensive also.

In the early stages of driving, it may seem easier to not have to worry about gears and the clutch pedal but most people have few problems mastering them after a suitable number of hours training and practice. Given the extra variety of vehicles that you can drive after passing your driving test in a manual car, it does make sense to persevere with your manual driving lessons even if you end up driving an automatic car subsequently.