Fan Control via X10

[Hendrik van Eeden]

See Steve Hume’s suggestion:

http://www.edcheung.com/automa/nohum.htm

A famous  X10 solution. 

Steve Hume

Henk



> On Jun 24, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Thomas Arman <tarman at me.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a bedroom fan on a standard X10 relay style wall switch. 
> (For those who have tried this and found that you can turn the fan on remotely but are not able to turn it OFF remotely, here is a solution that works for me.  
> I put a 33K Ohm 5 Watt resistor across the fan hot-neutral.  Power dissipated is very small and my resistor does not get very warm to touch.  
> Do this on your own risk… It works for me, but I accept no responsibility for your installation.)
> 
> Since this fan is low enough, I use the [extended] “pull chain” to control the fan speed.
> 
> I also have a fan in my Great Room hanging 6 feet from a 20 foot ceiling.  Chain control of this fan’s speed is not practical. 
> I currently have it on a 4-position manual rotary fan switch [off-low-med-high].
> 
> I have been unsuccessful in finding an X10 multi-speed fan controller. 
> 
> —— Anyone know of one? —— 
> 
> Any thoughts of using a relay wall switch like above to power the manual fan switch which would then feed the fan?
> I can’t think of a reason not to try it.
> 
> Can anyone suggest ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
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