Hiring a business to do some automation and wondering about necessity of Lutron RadioRA2 Dimmers (2.5 x as expensive) vs. Lutron Maestro. If we are using LED bulbs (ie: 5 x “Pot-Lights”) would we need the more expensive RA2 vs the Maestro? Anybody know the benefit of more expensive RA2 dimmers?
The question does not make sense. Maestro is a switch design, RA2 is an interconnection system (and is being replaced with RA3). All RA2 switches use the Maestro design, but you can get Maestro switches that are just dumb switches. Are you confusing Maestro with Caseta? Caseta is Lutron’s consumer brand, RA2/RA3 is their entry-level pro brand (they have higher end options).
The benefit of RA2/3 over Caseta is that there are more device types available, and the system can support more switches.