• AtariDump@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    …I don’t know why one WOULD do such a thing…

    The biggest reason is that now you don’t have to pay electricians to run cables; you pay low voltage guys who are much cheaper and are probably already running g low voltage cable for network connectivity. In addition, each light can be addressable meaning you can have specific light fixtures do certain things.

    Source: I’ve seen it deployed.

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      3 days ago

      Interesting, seems like a big leap of faith for new builds but it makes sense if you assume you’ll always have the building, and this technology will always be alive.

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        If the tech is offline (in our case it is) it’ll always be alive. Even if you move out, companies usually don’t take the lighting with them after they Reno a space