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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: marli on January 13, 2006, 10:08:11 AM

Title: ceiling fans
Post by: marli on January 13, 2006, 10:08:11 AM

Everything seems to be working properly
except that when i send an on command to turn
on a ceiling fan from the remote the fan will
turn on, but will not turn off without
turning it off at the wall switch.  Any ideas
of what's going on?

Title: Re: ceiling fans
Post by: Brian H on January 13, 2006, 07:32:10 PM

Dimming wall switches are not made to
control inductive devices like a fan motor.
Is the switch a two wire type with no
neutral wire?
This maybe the problem. They do make special
switches with a relay in it to control fans
and other inductve devics along with
flourescent lamps that also should not be
used with a dimming type switch or module.