House roller blinds motorisation

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sdavisnz

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#245425 3-Feb-2019 09:34

I'm moving soon into a place that needs blinds or curtains though the whole place and going to do blinds

Do I order standard roller blinds and order motor off aliexpress

Or order locally with motor

Its a new build but no wiring is in place although its a 2 story so I could get into the ceiling space and retro fit wires into the upstairs windows the downstairs will have to be battery powered.

Does anyone have a good solution for me, I'm happy to do a bit of DIY if I saves me a buck or two.

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k1w1k1d

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#2172101 3-Feb-2019 09:42

Where do you live?

Window Treatments here in Christchurch advertise automated roller blinds. I would guess they are pretty pricey though?

https://www.window-treatments.co.nz/products/automation/

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#2172112 3-Feb-2019 09:56

somfy is a product that i have used before and they work quite well, they have wired motors and wireless motors, I have a set of somfy older gen blinds in the shed and they work really well

here is a link to the battery operated motors https://www.somfy.com.au/products/1002459/roll-up-28-rts-wirefree it looks like the battey pack is seperate to the motor but you should be able to hide it between the blind and then window

sdavisnz

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#2172119 3-Feb-2019 10:32

I'm thinking something more like this

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32477208853.html?trace=storeDetail2msiteDetail&spm=2114.12010610.8148356.7.331d3009b2kIqc

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Talkiet

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#2172120 3-Feb-2019 10:33

I got these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-lithium-battery-motor-for-for-zebra-blinds-and-zebra-blinds-remote-control/32632674793.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4d9CRdQU

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sdavisnz

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#2172122 3-Feb-2019 10:36

Do you have connected via broadlink rm pro and home assistant or hass.io and voice controlled with alexa or google assistant?

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Talkiet

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#2172125 3-Feb-2019 10:43

sdavisnz: Do you have connected via broadlink rm pro and home assistant or hass.io and voice controlled with alexa or google assistant?

Broadlink RM Pro, Homeassistant... Amazon Echo gives the voice control.

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#2189858 2-Mar-2019 14:48

We recently got blinds installed. Wish that I'd ordered ones like what Talkiet recommended. We still have another room to do so thanks for the tip!

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#2189867 2-Mar-2019 15:46

Update: I just ordered some small solar panels that will hopefully sit up and out of the way and keep the batteries charged.

At the moment about once every 2-3 weeks one of the 4 blinds has to be charged overnight

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