Lairds of Troon · Technology engineers
Bring Light to Life with Lutron RA3
Lutron’s wireless lighting control, designed, installed, programmed and supported by an authorised Lutron dealer, for existing houses and renovations across Ayrshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the west of Scotland.
Future-ready smart lighting with wireless power, scalable control, and flawless design, professionally installed by Lairds AV.
What Lutron RA3 is
Lairds are an authorised Lutron dealer, covering lighting control and window treatments, working across Ayrshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the west of Scotland. RadioRA 3 is Lutron’s wireless lighting control system. Lutron introduced it to the UK in January 2025, with keypads designed for the European market, and it sits between a handful of app-controlled switches and the fully wired HomeWorks system we specify for larger new builds. Where a property needs the wired system rather than the wireless one, we say so at survey.
What it does
- Every circuit, from anywhere in the room. Dimming and switching from keypads, the Lutron app and voice assistants, with scenes such as evening, cinema and away written in programming rather than left to whoever is holding the phone.
- Its own radio. Devices talk to the processor over Lutron’s Clear Connect RF, not the house Wi-Fi, so the lighting keeps working when the network is busy or down.
- Blinds on the same system. Lutron’s wireless shades run from the same keypads and scenes as the lighting, so one press sets both.
- Time and daylight. Schedules follow sunset and sunrise rather than the clock, and an away scene runs the house as if someone were in.
- Part of the whole house. RA3 integrates with the control systems we install, such as Control4 and RTI, through Lutron’s published integration, so lighting sits alongside audio, video, heating and security rather than in a separate app.
- Remote access done properly. Cloud-linked access uses named accounts, and we set it up so that the client can withdraw it at any time.
Where it suits
Because it needs no new cabling, RA3 is the right answer for an existing house, a renovation where the walls are staying closed, a single room done well, or an apartment. It also suits a new build where the programme or the budget does not justify a wired system. For a large house built from the ground up, with an equipment room and the walls open at first fix, HomeWorks remains the better system, and we will tell you which is right for the building rather than sell the one in front of us.
How we install it
We start from the lighting plan. Each circuit’s load type is checked for compatible dimming, keypad positions are agreed with the architect or interior designer, and the scenes are written out before anything is programmed. Our own engineers install and program the system, the client sets the scene levels with us at handover, and a support agreement keeps firmware current afterwards. The engineer who programmed your house is the one who answers the phone.
Questions we are asked
Does RA3 need rewiring?
No. Dimmers and keypads replace the existing switches and use the existing wiring. A few circuits need a particular dimmer or a neutral at the switch position, and the survey tells us which before we quote.
Can we start with one room and add more later?
Yes. That is one of the reasons to choose it. A system that starts in the kitchen and living room can grow to the whole house over time on the same processor, and the scenes are re-programmed as rooms are added.
Does it work with Apple Home, Alexa and Google?
Yes, with all three, and with the Lutron app. We put the processor on a segmented, secured part of the home network so that voice control does not become a way into the rest of the house.
What happens when the internet goes down?
Keypads, schedules and scenes run locally on the processor and carry on. Only remote access from outside the house and voice assistants depend on the internet.
Can it run blinds and curtains?
Yes. Lutron’s wireless shades join the same system and the same scenes. The choice of fabrics, wired against battery power and where the pockets go is covered on our window treatments page.
Who do you work for on a project?
Normally the client, with the architect or interior designer, and with the electrician where there is one. We provide the drawings and the schedule they need and we attend site at the stages that matter.
Lutron RA3 design and installation across Scotland
Lighting control is part of our smart home design and installation work, alongside Lutron HomeWorks for wired projects and Lutron window treatments. Start a conversation and we will survey the house and tell you which system it needs.
