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Posted by Richard Smith on April 4, 2008, 5:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm in the middle of planning a home remodel, I'm currently using X10, may or may not switch up to UPB or one of the others, but that's not my question. My question is, does anyone have a success story about ceiling fans that work particularly well inside an HA framework? What I want is to be able to control the fan speed remotely. I know all about dimming and how that doesn't work with inductive loads. What I need to know is if any of the manufacturers of these fans have come up with a better way to handle this problem. I live in an area where having central air isn't really worth it. What I really want to keep all my house fans on timers in the summer. Thanks, as always. -- Richard S. Smith / Email: rss@idiom.com / Web: http://www.rssnet.org/ -- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by BruceR on April 4, 2008, 6:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options thermostatically controlled remotes - even those at HD or Lowe's for under $200. If the fan you like doesn't come with it, you can buy a retrofit kit for about $40. You could still use X10 to control the power so that the fan can be turned on and off remotely so it won't operate when you're not home and when it is on the thermostatic remote will regulate the speed and length of time based on room temp. Richard Smith wrote: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill Kearney on April 6, 2008, 9:16 am
Please log in for more thread options > While it's not really an HA solution, many fans are now available with
> thermostatically controlled remotes - even those at HD or Lowe's for under > $200. If the fan you like doesn't come with it, you can buy a retrofit kit > for about $40. Yep, added one of those kits to ours four years ago and it works great. I think it's only needed a battery replacement once. > You could still use X10 to control the power so that the fan can be turned
> on and off remotely The downside to this it the remote add-on (at least the one we have) also has a light switch on it. This so you can turn the light on/off from the wireless remote. If you use a remote wall switch you'd lose this feature. I suppose it might be possible to use a remote switch that cut just the fan power. But it'd have to be a switch that used it's own hot and neutral leads as the fan's remote cuts power for speed control. The downside here is you start getting into rigging up wiring that's undoubtedly not going to meet electrical codes. I wouldn't want something automated that way as things like that tend to get 'forgotten' over time and later wiring introduces big problems. But I'm not here to argue that it is or isn't possible or safe, just that I wouldn't recommend going that route. That and, IIRC, the wireless remote has an "off" setting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by D&SW on April 4, 2008, 8:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options X10 controllable with absolutely NO hum or buzz. It uses caps to vary the
fan speed, just like the 3 speed pull chain control in the fan. http://board.homeseer.com/printthread.php?t=81040 > Hi everyone,
> > I'm in the middle of planning a home remodel, I'm currently using X10, > may or may not switch up to UPB or one of the others, but that's not > my question. > > My question is, does anyone have a success story about ceiling fans > that work particularly well inside an HA framework? What I want is to > be able to control the fan speed remotely. I know all about dimming > and how that doesn't work with inductive loads. What I need to know > is if any of the manufacturers of these fans have come up with a > better way to handle this problem. > > I live in an area where having central air isn't really worth it. > What I really want to keep all my house fans on timers in the > summer. > > Thanks, as always. > > > > -- > Richard S. Smith / Email: rss@idiom.com / Web: http://www.rssnet.org/ > -- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Richard Smith on April 4, 2008, 9:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options Wow, I didn't know Lightolier "Compose PLC" was a brand of X10 hardware.
This is very helpful because I was close to getting rid of X10 in favor of UPB, just because decent (that is, nice looking) wall switches are getting harder to find since Smarthome moved to Insteon. Does anyone else have experience with these components? I mean, do they work and play well with the rest of the X10 stuff? Thanks! > X10 controllable with absolutely NO hum or buzz. It uses caps to vary the
> fan speed, just like the 3 speed pull chain control in the fan. > > http://board.homeseer.com/printthread.php?t=81040 -- Richard S. Smith / Email: rss@idiom.com / Web: http://www.rssnet.org/ -- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I'm in the middle of planning a home remodel, I'm currently using X10,
> may or may not switch up to UPB or one of the others, but that's not
> my question.
>
> My question is, does anyone have a success story about ceiling fans
> that work particularly well inside an HA framework? What I want is to
> be able to control the fan speed remotely. I know all about dimming
> and how that doesn't work with inductive loads. What I need to know
> is if any of the manufacturers of these fans have come up with a
> better way to handle this problem.
>
> I live in an area where having central air isn't really worth it.
> What I really want to keep all my house fans on timers in the
> summer.
>
> Thanks, as always.
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> --
> Richard S. Smith / Email: rss@idiom.com / Web: http://www.rssnet.org/