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Re: [ECS] Ceiling fans? Dan Carrington Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:16:54 -0700

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I tried some of the motor control wall wart units and they made my hunter fans
hum significantly if run at anything other than full speed.  I now use just
plain old appliance switches.

dan




Kevin Keast wrote:
> 
> Hi A.J.
> 
> The only ceiling fans I installed I used X10 to control with wall mounted
> switches.  The switches were 500W switches and I controlled them as an
> appliance.  They mmake a "click" when toggling though (downside). I would
> not spend the money for IR control of fans (I have never seen these,
> but imagine they would be expensive).  I think you can get X10 switches
> designed for "Motor Control" if you want to control fan speed.  If you
> have good X10 signals in your wiring I think X10 is super for non-medium
> critical devices (lights, fans, etc.)
> 
> Kevin, d8)
> libertyc@prodigy.net
> keastk@ele.uri.edu
> 
> ---- "A.J. Griglak" <aj@griglak.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone use ECS to control ceiling fans?  How do the remote controls
> > that come with the fans work?  Are they RF or IR?
> >
> > Can ECS control the speed as well as on/off for a fan?
> >
> > -=A.J.
> >
> >
> 
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