The big disadvantage here is that you’ll have no physical control of the light or fan to turn them on (you can always flip the switch to turn them off, but then can’t turn them back on via SmartThings until you flip the switch again). Okay, so if the switch is feeding power to them all, we’re going to essentially by-pass the switch all together. You CAN NOT use a standard z-wave/zigbee dimmer switch as a way to control fan speed. So not being able to control speed isn’t a huge deal for me. Maybe 5% of the time I’m using them it’s on a speed other than medium… maybe.
Personally, for most of my fans, I never take them off medium speed. If you don’t have separate ‘always hot’ in the ceiling and you can’t easily feed an ‘always hot’ line up there, your other options are to put TWO of those micros up in the fan’s cowl, but then the wall switch won’t do anything. No ability to change speed of fan, just on/off.No physical control of fan switch possible… have to use either phone or some z-wave remote.Relatively easy install, no need to cut open walls or anything.These are basically like REALLY small devices and you can hide them in the “cowl” of the ceiling fan no problem. Then get an a micro Smart Switch from AEON Labs ( ). Z-wave or Zigbee wall switch to control just the light. If you have an always hot, then you can do what I did: Did the light go out but the fan stay on (obviously leave time for the fan to slow down and stop)? If so, then you do have an “always hot” line, if not… then it’s more complicated. If you’re unsure, test it this way: Using your remote, turn on both the light and the fan. The other is always Hot… it’s ALWAYS sending power regardless of the wall switch. The first question is this: Do you have a “Always Hot” in the ceiling for the fan?įor the fans in my bedrooms I have two “incoming” lines… One is from the the wall switch and obviously is turned on/off by the switch. I also thought maybe there was a way to use a single switch to control both fan on\off and light on\off, but not seeing that either.Īnyone out there have some other creative ways to get this to work? Is there an easier way to do this that I’m not seeing? I thought maybe I could replace my fan remote with a wifi connected remote, but I’m not seeing any out there. I’d guess I need help if I go that route. I’m not an electrician, but this seems a little dicey. Yuck.īury a fan control switch in the ceiling above the fan.
Problem is the light box is only a single gang, so I would have to tear that out and replace it. Replace the single switch with two switches. As far as I can tell, there are a few options, but each seem like they have a major barrier. I would like to get to a setup that allows me to control light and fan (speed would be nice to have, but not a requirement) with Alexa and ST. I have a single switch controlling the Fan and Light, and I have a Remote that handles lighting, fan speed, etc. I know there are several thread around this already, but I couldn’t find one specific to my scenario, so I decided to sign up and start one.
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