if you have several traditional blinds At home, it is possible that you have ever considered changing them for an electric one. However, the idea of hiring someone to do it doesn't excite you too much, especially if the blinds you have still work properly. When we talk about motorize a blindWe think that absolutely everything must be changed. And fortunately, it is not. Having an electric blind —and controlled by Alexa— can cost you about 60 euros if you are willing to put in the labor yourself.
How is a traditional blind motorized?
In today's market it is full of solutions so that you can have at home automatic blinds. There are more and less complex solutions, but the simplest option is the one that you can do yourself without too much difficulty on a Saturday morning.
To motorize your blind, all you have to do is replace the axis of your traditional blind with a motorized one. The price of a motorized axis depends fundamentally on the length you need. Amazon's best-selling model is this low-consumption and silent Julius Mayer model that costs about 41,99 euros in its one-meter version. However, this same brand has models up to 350 centimeters in length, and the price does not go up in an exaggerated way either.
Once you have the motorized axis at home, the process you must follow is the following:
- Open your blind box.
- Use the tape to fully lower the blind.
- Disconnect the tape—or the steel cable attached to the crank—from the traditional spindle.
- Remove the hooks of the traditional blind to free the slats from the axis.
- Mark with a permanent marker the position of the axis on the bars.
- Remove the traditional axle.
- Also remove the tape with the dustpan and prepare the hole if necessary to place the switch there.
Turn of the electrical part
From this point, it is time to do the electrical part, which is not as complex as it seems. You just have to bring a power cord inside the box. The easiest thing is to do it from a socket that we have nearby. All this process must be done with the electricity completely disconnected and using quality splice tabs.
Once the electrical part is done, it will simply be necessary to connect wires to motor and switch as indicated by the manufacturer of the motorized axis. We will pass the cables from the axis to the switch inside the wall, and we will use the hole that the tape has left free to place the buttons.
At this point, all that remains is to reattach the slats to the shaft and try the buttons to configure the motor stops.
How do I control the blind with Alexa?
By following those steps, you will have a fully motorized blind, but you will have to get up from the sofa to raise or lower the blind.
If you want to control the blind with Alexa or from your mobile, all you have to do is install a blind switch Lora Tap, which will be connected to the traditional switch that was installed in the previous step. This device is added to Alexa and will allow you to raise or lower the blind with a simple voice command. You can also set your own alexa routine so that the process is automatic or even raise and lower the blind from home with Alexa to simulate that there are people in your home.
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