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Somfy Vs Lutron - QED and Sonnesse
Somfy and Lutron both offer tubular motors for raising and lowering interior motorized window shades. Lutron sells the motor and shade together while Somfy sells just the motor which can be combined with any window shade. Both companies also sell controls (wall switches, remotes and interfaces) that are used to operate their respective motors.
In the late 90's, Lutron introduced the QED (Quiet Electronic Drive) which it paired with its own brand of shades (roller shades mostly). The product made big waves for being practically noiseless. This was a classic example of redefining the parameters of competition in an industry. Beforethe advent of Lutron's quiet motors, consumers did not even know that motor noise level was or would become a factor in their motorized shade purchase decisions. Only in the last couple of years has Somfy (almost) caught up to the QED's noiselessness. Today, there is still a difference, but it is rather slight and most consumers do not consider it a deciding factor.
Somfy manufactures two different types of 'quiet' motors; an AC powered version (ST50) and a more recently introduced DC powered version (ST30). Lutron's QED Motors are all low voltage, DC Motors. The difference between AC and DC power is that the former is high voltage while the latter is low voltage. AC Power is the same as the power received from plugging a cord into a standard wall outlet. Low voltage is powered by that same outlet but the cord has a transformer (think of a cell phone cord or a computer power cord with their boxes on the plug on in the middle of a cord - that is a transformer) and reducing or 'knocking down' the high voltage power received from the outlet to low voltage power. A main reason that DC power is important is that fewer building code issues arise and no electrician is required for wiring low voltage powered systems. Absent an electrician, wiring costs and job complexity are both considerably reduced.
The QED is available in three different sizes called the QED64, QED100 and QED225. The number gives a rough gauge of the square footage of fabric that the motor is designed to lift. For example, the QED64 can lift a shade up to 8 feet x 8 feet, the QED100 can lift a shade up to 10 feet x 10 feet and the QED225 can lift a shade up to 15' x 15' - this size motor is only very rarely required for residential applications. These are approximations only, in the field, these motors are known to actually lift more than these numeric values imply. The size of the motor affects its diameter which determines the diameter of the tube that the motor uses. Lutron's QED64 uses a 1 5/8" tube, the 100 uses a 2 ½" tube and the larger 225 uses a 3 1/2" tube. Tube diameter is important mostly for determining how wide motorized window shades can be without bending (deflection). A bent tube means that fabric will not roll up properly. The fabric will sag causing creases- this is not acceptable. Therefore motor size is as much about shade width as it is about lifting capacity.
Somfy's quiet motors, known as the Sonnesse line, also use different tube sizes. The ST30 uses a 1 1/2" tube, the ST50 can use either a 2" or 2 1/2" tube*. The lifting capacity of the ST50 falls somewhere between the 100 and 225. For very large applications, Somfy has larger motors, but to date, they are not in the Sonnesse (quiet) product line. It is very rare that a motor larger than an ST50 is needed for interior applications. This is true even if multiple shades are driven by a single motor.
Both the QED and Sonnesse motors have proven to be reliable options for motorized window shades and both come with 5 year warranties.
About the Author:
The author, Gavin Sword, is an owner of Automated Shading http://automatedshading.com, a leading provider of motorized shades. The company has offices in Florida, (Miami, Naples, Tampa, Orlando) New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In April 2009, the company is launching its West Coast division, with an office in Los Angeles, CA.
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