Window blinds are older than the century. Our grandparents had blinds, shades and shutters to protect their windows from bad weather and their intimacy from indiscreet eyes. But today’s blinds are not like those ones anymore. We are a lazy generation, we don’t even remember the times when TV sets or garage doors did not have remote controls. We are so used to move as little as possible, that there’s no surprise automated electric blinds were invented.

How Do Electric Blinds Work

Electric blinds are moved by a wheels, levers and ropes system, which is given motion from a small motor. Thanks to infrared and radio emission technology, the motor can be actionable via a remote control. This opens a new horizon of possibilities: if we can make it move from a distance, we can also use a timer to program it to move when we are not at home. Even better, we can use light sensors to command the blinds how much light they should let into the room.

To give you only one example of convenience, electric blinds from Clever Home offer you single-key operation of the blinds or curtains from a C-Bus wall switch or from a C-Bus touch screen. There are automation solutions which allow you to operate either a single window blind or a group of blinds at once.

If you want, some electric window treatments manufacturers can offer you the possibility to control them with the help of your mobile phone, via SMS messages or a special voice menu.

Regarding the power needed by the motors, this can be either AC or DC, or even battery operation. Big automation brands like Lister offer electric systems that can integrate with multiple window treatment solutions such as Lutron Homeworks Interactive, Spacer or Grafiks.

Contract Blinds ltd, to give you only one example, offers a variant of electric roller blinds which is motorized by a roller blind tubular motor. This results in a very small size of the roller tubes.

Premier Electric Blinds invite their virtual guests to visit the SMART home, where automation is the rule, and where you can even discover that your common, old blinds can be motorized, if you wish. The company also presents the SMART conservatory, where electric blinds are very effective in helping owners save money on their electricity bills, because of a better temperature control and management. Conservatory blinds are very important if you want to enjoy this hobby of yours to the fullest.

Who Needs Electric Window Treatments

Electricity simplified a lot our lives. Having electric blinds at the windows can be a great benefit for people who are physically impaired, or who are forced to stay in bed because they are ill. With a remote control, they will be able to operate the blinds and shutters according to the brightness of the sun and to the moment of the day, without being required to ask somebody for help. Independence is a great thing, that most of us don’t even realize before we lose it.

Even for healthy people, motorisation of blinds can be in their benefit, because thus incorrect handling is avoided. It happens so many times that we are in such a hurry that we damage our window curtains, blinds or their operating systems, because we are not careful enough in operation.

Quiet motors and silent gliding tracks have been developed, so we can enjoy the comfort of an automated home without having to endure noises and squeaks from appliances like the electric blinds.

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