Turn your DUMB Fan into a SMART Fan with the Lutron Caseta Fan Control
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- Make your Dumb fan Smart with the Lutron Caseta Fan Control. A simple switch that connects your fan to Lutron App, Alexa, Google Home, Homekit, and more. geni.us/LutronFan (affiliate link) Set schedules, automation, and control your fan with just your voice with voice-first services like Alexa, Ok, Google & Siri.
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Lutron Caseta fan controllers are a must-have for anyone who has a compatible ceiling fan. Great vid! 👍
Thanks Rey. I'm definitely getting more. Just need to rent a 20 foot A ladder to get the old tech out.
Which stinks is the fan control switch doesn’t have a control for the light I have a ceiling fan with a light and I’m sure many others do as well
Nice install Eric, looks great! This has been on my to-do list for my master bedroom for a long time as well. You may have inspired me to finally get it done!
Go for it! It's super easy and totally worth it.
@@ModernDayTech just a matter of time. I already have the lutron bridge and multiple light switches so it's definitely happening one of these days.
Super nice work! Love that you recorded how you patched the drywall also! I'm so sad about guys like Lutron doesn't make products like this for europe 😅 The most advanced (for homekit) we got is Hue dimmer switches 🤣
Thank you. I dislike drywall with a passion (can you tell) but I got it done and the wife can't tell there's a patch. Of course I can though. Hopefully they will come out with something soon for you cause these things are awesome!
My contractor is installing the same set up for each of our bedrooms this week and I cannot wait. We’ve used a hodgepodge of different remotes and/or wall controls since we moved in and the master bedroom in-wall controller has not worked for years. Just restoring normal control will be great, but adding it to HK with integration and automations and voice control !!?!! I’m a little too excited for a largely basic addition 😀
Lol drywalling sucks, no offense Paul! I’m loving all of this hone automation. Each year we get more and more things to improve our smart homes. Great video Eric! Also, you’re very knowledgeable about home electrics!
Thanks Jonny. It does suck but I think I'm getting a little better every time. I think I'm always hard on myself cause I will always notice the patch no matter how good it is, thats just me. It's amazing whats out there for our homes now and its just going to sky rocket in the next few years. I'm having fun along for the journey.
Haha Erik!!!😂 You know I’m there for ya bro!💥👊🏻
You the man!! I sent ya a message on twitter when you have a moment.
I've done two ceiling fans so far (Living Room and Master Bedroom) like you have done, expect the Master Bedroom already had a two-gang box so no sheetrock repairs there and the Living Room had a single-gang box that I switched out to a double-gang box. I will be replacing the ceiling fan in the Guest bedroom next and replacing the single-gang box with a dual gang box and adding the fan and dimmer control to that room. Then I will do the controls in the office (same as the Guest bedroom) and finally the Den. The Den ceiling fan light switch is a three-way light switch and I will be replacing those two switches with the Lutron PD-10NXD-WH light dimmer switch (talk about expensive; this one is over $100.00 for one switch) and then a Decor dumb switch at the other end (don't want to deal with a Pico remote and changing out batteries). The fan switch is in a single location so all I have to do is replace the dumb switch with the Caseta fan control switch. All-in-all, I love these switches, especially the fan control switch; I just wish they were not so expensive.
Hey where do you get wall plates for the caset products 7:35
Honestly, I would have left the drywall alone and kept the 3 gang box with a filler plate in the middle. This would give you more room for the wiring (there's never enough room with these deep switches) and allow you to separate the 2 switches and avoid breaking off the heat sink fins and de-rating them. But that's just me. You did a great job!
Thanks for watching. The main reason I didn't just use blank/filler was cause I don't like the look, and it would be an incomplete project in the back of my mind.
Excellent video. I’m subscribing to this channel. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Simple, great video. Thanks!
That was some damn decent dry wall work to be honest
Thanks. Maybe I'm just too picky on my own work. Everytime I walk by all I can see is the drywall tape and it drives me crazy. The wife is happy though and she can't tell any difference. She loves being able to turn on the fan from the bed. How are you enjoying your Brilliant? I tried to put the lutron fan control into Briiliant but only the Lutron lights work with Smartthings so I can get it exposed yet.
ModernDayTech it could just be that I suck so bad at drywall patching and painting that you just look like da Vinci to me.
I’m thoroughly enjoying the Brilliant. I need to make a some kind of nice frame for it though because it sticks out due to my box being kinda tight.
Could you build a virtual switch in SmartThings and have a routine trigger from it?
“Paul Peck where are you ?” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even funny if he shows up 🤪🤪🤣🤣
😜 I'm a little embarrassed to show him my work but it was too funny not to leave in the video.
ModernDayTech I’ll hang it all day. Just don’t ask me to finish it. Lol
Did someone say Drywall???😁
Paul Peck DrywallTube 🤣🤣🤣
Sup E, this is pretty dope. I wish I could do it with mine.
Thanks Dookie, I'm lovin it. There's still a lot of smart home tech for apartments too. Plugs, Bulbs, and some people just put the switches back to normal when they move out. Do you think I'm selling this house with all this smart tech?
Great review! I’m still wondering why more stand-alone fans don’t exist in HomeKit.
Thanks Dustin. Yeah there should be more variable control fan switches. But this one is so good, it would be hard to make something better. Maybe cheaper but not better.
Good job with the drywall work
Thank you! Cheers!
This fan switch only controls the fan, not any attached lighting, if your fan has a light. I wonder if there is any kind of work around to control the light? Maybe using.a smart bulb from Philips Hue? Great video!
This will work but only if the fan power and light power are on separate circuits, otherwise you risk damaging the smart bulbs when you change the speed of your fan
Does it have to be a pull chain fan? Seems like any of these smart type of switches can only connect to pull chain fans? If you have one of those remote control fans that doesn’t have the pull chains they cannot work? Must replace the fan with pull chain fan?
You guys have high quality fans
How is the Minka Aire Supra fan with the Lutron Caseta Fan Speed Switch, does it create a motor hum at all?
I had a question on this switch. I run alexa in my home, and I am curious on what "base station" you NEED. When you downloaded the lutron app you had to scan the QR code and stuff on the bottom of your smart hub. I do not have a "hub" but instead have 5 Alexa Echo Shows throughout the house. Now the echo shows themselves are a hub and can take voice commands etc. so I am wondering do I need to purchase anything additional to run these switches? (fan and light) or will they connect with my Echo Shows? I am not sure if the Echo Shows have QR codes on the bottom or not and I am not home to check.
Thank you so much for any answers and advice.
Hi Dustin, so all Lutron Caseta products require the Lutron bridge to work properly. This will give it internet access to sync your Amazon account and with your Lutron account and thus will work with Alexa. Some Alexa device have zigbee but Lutron does not work on zigbee so you will need the Lutron bridge. I hope that helps, but if you have any other questions, please feel free to join the discord (link the description) and ask the me and community.
Why was there a three gang switch? I might have missed it in the video, but lights, switch, and what else? I've seen GE switches that work with smartthings for fan control, does this work with that?
I originally installed the @Ecobee switch ( th-cam.com/video/0H_wbJsc16A/w-d-xo.html ) but my biggest issue was that it was not dimmable. So I solved that issue by installing a normal dimmer switch on the load side of the Ecobee. ( th-cam.com/video/Aq0ZpR96YzI/w-d-xo.html ) My main smarthome system is HomeKit/Siri but I also play around with the other big players. There are not any other HomeKit fan controls that I know of. They have full HomeKit fans but nothing for a dumb fan. They also have normal HomeKit switches that people have used for fans but those only have on/off controls. You not able to vary the speed. Yes, there are variable speed control switches for other system, just not HomeKit.
Hello, we wanted to try this switch on a 72” Proxima outdoor fan at our lake place so we can get it on the WiFi. We added HVAC to the shop, which has a 20’ ceiling, and wanted to be able to WiFi turn the fans on when the heat comes in in the winter. How do I know/figure out if this switch works on those Proxima fans? Thanks, great video!
How do you control the fan now?
Eric, Will this work with a DC fan motor? (of which those motors have 3 or 4 wires coming out of them to go into a 'remote' which I (and it seems anyone) desires to ever usee.)
I’m no electrical expert but I doubt this will work on DC fan motors. Don’t forget the switch requires a neutral wire. I don’t recommend that you even try it. Maybe look into Sonoff or Shelly Relays. But if it works, it’ll probably only be on/off controls for a fan.
Great video just a question, with the new amazon echo dot 4th gen with built in hub...will i only need this switch ?
I don't have a 4th gen, but I believe you still need the Lutron bridge (if thats what you're asking...) Lutron runs on 433MHz band, not zigbee. FYI: even if it did have zigbee, not all zigbee devices are compatible.
@@ModernDayTech thanks i figured it wouldnt be that easy all these so called smart devices talking the same language. For me home automation is just not worth the headache but i will keep watching yr vids for the day u announce " all smart devices finally work with 1 another"
Instead of remove the empty space with dry wall work, why not using the extra space to add an additional dummy switch (powered but not actually connected to a light) to run additional scenes?
I didn’t do that cause there was not a 3rd line wire. When I had 3 switches, two of them were using same line wire. I used the extra switch to dim lights cause the original smart switch didn’t have that capability. If I spilt the line wire, it wouldn’t be up to code. I could have used a spacer/cap for the extra gang, but I didn’t like the look of something there but not in use. The wife also wouldn’t approve of it.
Looking to buy a fan for this, does it require a pull chain to work properly?
No, my fan does not have a pull chain. If you have one, you want to make sure you it leave it on high so the switch controls the power to the fan.
Do you have to remove that receiver up in the ceiling fan? It took forever to get that installed and I'd rather not even mess with it lol.
YES! It has to be wired directly to the fan.
I wonder why this switch needs a neutral wire? I have the lutrol caseta switches in my house and bought them because they dont require a neutral wire. I bought a ceiling fan for my bedromm and planned on adding this switch to control it, but maybe my plans just changed lol.
and I hate drywall too!
Older homes I believe built before the 1990's do not have a neutral wire and this will work for the fan with one caveat. Home's built after this now have neutral wires and this follows code. I believe the only need for the neutral wire is to adjust the speed. Without the neutral wire it would just be on and off for the fan.
How to bypass or remove fan and fan light pull chain for smart dimmer fan and light switch.?.. I saw your video for remote removal but how to remove pull chain.? Thank you.
Just set the light on the on position and the fan on the high position and cut the chain. Then all the control will be on the switch.
Do you still need to use a Lutron Hub if you already have a HOOBS hub?
Hey! Two totally different things. Lutron switches and fan control are native HomeKit products (through their Lutron hub) which uses 433ghz RF to talk to their devices. I hope that helps.
I need to do this from scratch. I have a light switch that powers a outlet on the side of my bedroom. So I gotta figure out how to route that to my ceiling then add all the Lutron stuff. Wish me luck.
You can do it! When there's a will, there's a way!
I'm confused. You talk at 5:00 about how it's "like a dimmer" except "you can slow down the fan"...and you're hitting the buttons on the left switch. Isn't the fan control the one on the right with the fan logo? What do those buttons do then?
Light control is on the left, fan control on the right. I didn’t have b-roll touching both.
Do you think they will make a unit that will control both the fan and the light with apple HomeKit? They make one without HomeKit.
I hope so soon cause I know a lot people need them. From my understand though, you still need separate load wires at the switch location so you can also easily add a separate switch/gang if you already have the second load wire. Many fans though, have one load wire and then the fan and light are controlled with two pull chains or a wireless control module,(some built in, others are added on) but either way, it won't work with 1 load wire at the switch. If you have two load wires, have you looked into hoobs/homebridge options?
@@ModernDayTech the fan I bought recently has two load wires. How would I use Hoobs?
Where did you buy the plate for the new switches? Does Caseta cell them.
Its just a standard Lutron plate found anywhere they sell Lutron. Heres an affiliate link to Amazon - amzn.to/3Q1DN4w
@@ModernDayTech Thanks so much. You’ve given me hope 😂
What about a switch that controls a light/fan combo? Only have a single box switch in the room that works both.
Do you have two load wires and a netural? Do you need homekit? Do you use homebridge?
I understand how this switch can turn the fan on and off, but how does it control the fan speed? is there still a remote receiver in the fan?
It reduces the power that the fan receives. No I removed the remote receiver - My Previous Fan Setup Removal 00:52
Does it work with a fan that has a light built in? If so, how? 2 switches or ?
The light would have to have it's own wiring to a separate switch.If the light has a separate wiring and you don't want to add another switch then you could also hardwire the light to be always on and then use a smart bulb for control.
Do these work if your fan came with a remote that controls light and fan speed? Do I not install module and then this switch still controls speed similar to the module it came with?
No, these are for pull chain fan/lights
@@ModernDayTech but in your video you discuss removing remote modules so that’s why I am confused. Do they make these for the fans with remote modules?
@@josephvillegas777 That was a module I added years ago specifically for pull string fans. If you don’t have a pull string fan and your module for the fan and light are built in, you’ll need something like Bond or Broadlight to make the fan/light smart. Then you’ll need homebridge/hoobs to bring Bond/Broadlink into HomeKit.
Will this switch and app have a timer for the fan?
Not in the normal easy sense. But with Convert to Shortcuts you can say, once the fan turns on, wait 3600 seconds , and then turn off the fan.
What model:brand fans are you using??
Here an affiliate link to it. amzn.to/3o9Z5Ml That should answer most of questions about the fan but if you have more, let me know.
Hey what you did with the Ecobee switch
I put it in another room. why?
How would this work if I only have one switch that controls my fan? I currently have smart lights in my dumb fan. I assume I wouldn’t be able to control the lights physically with a switch without getting a wireless remote linked to those smart lights in my smart home. But would the fan have to always be on for something for the lights to work?
If the switch turns off the power to smart bulbs too, you won't be able to use this. This switch reduces the power on the wire going to fan and if the smart bulb is on the same wire, you'll mess up your smart bulbs. Smart bulbs need full power. This switch is for fasn with pull strings that stay at "high" power and then the switch reduces the power for fan speed control. I hope that help. Let me know if you have any more questions.
@@ModernDayTech so would my only option be a smart fan?
It depends. How is it setup now, pull string with one master switch? Do you have easy access to run any addtional wiring? Do you understand basic electrical setups? If you put a smart fan and you still have a normal switch you'll have to cover it up so people don't turn it off or hardwire it all together like I did here and put wireless switches. instagram.com/stories/highlights/17945072540104505/
@@ModernDayTech yeah it’s one switch for power and pull string for light and another for fan speed. Can’t pull new wires
@@liberaltears1714 With a smart fan& light combo, , the switch with kill power totally, and it will take a while for it to reconnect, so you'll want to cover up the switch, so nobody turns it off. Another option with your current setup, If you have other lights in the room, you can also disconnect the light kit on most fans, and then a switch like this will work to control the fan.
7:25 where did you get the plate at the end?
Its just a standard Lutron plate found anywhere they sell Lutron. Heres an affiliate link to Amazon - amzn.to/3Q1DN4w
@@ModernDayTech thanks a bunch. My journey starts here. I’ll have to watch again to deal with my bedroom fans where the light and fan are wired to just one switch 🤦🏾♂️
Can one switch control both fan and light?
No, Lutron does not have a switch model with fan/light control in one gang. That’s why I have one switch for each device in the video. There are other switch makers that have fan/light control in one gang but they don’t work with Homekit. (You might be able to bring them into HK with homebridge/hoobs but I haven’t test them)
@@ModernDayTech thanks
Lutron doesn't work with Google home any longer which I hope they find a work around IFTTT is not the answer.
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Thanks for watching and commenting.
Geez for this to work with Alexa, Google Home and Homekit, you need the switch and a bridge. Those two together are $140. Might as well buy a new fan.
Yeah it’s pricey but it works great. Totally worth it if you love the fan you have.
You could have left it 3 gang and added a PICO to remotely control other lights and use the center button to control a scene or automation
I had many different options but it came down to that I like a simpler cleaner look. I could have also put a blank (cover) on the 3rd gang.
What about a fan with remote control?
Once you install this switch, you can use the pico remote also - amzn.to/3rovJwC
@@ModernDayTech thanks! I meant i have a ceiling fan with control remote, hunter brand. I just saw in another video a man say to rewire from fan control remote to wall, and then the lutron switch should work for it.
@@kitten1245 There’s so many different types of fan controls with remotes. If it’s in line, I would think it could interfere so I removed mine as I showed in the video. But please send me a link to the video cause I have another fan that’s 20-30 feet high and I don’t want rent a ladder just to remove the controller so I’m wondering the same thing.
I installed the fan control on a fan with remote kit still connected. The power worked from the switch, it also changed the speeds. But on low and mid speeds the fan was making sounds as if power wasn’t constant. So I took it off.
Will this switch and app have a timer for the fan
I need to turn off my daughters fan lights
Nice work, but whatzup with the hat?
Its just a fitted backward hat.
This is just silly. Why would you not just put a $2 blank decora plate or a decora switch with no wires connected instead of doing drywall work? This cleans it up fine and gives you room to expand in the future.
I thought about using a blank but ultimately it came down to doing things correctly. It was originally a double gang to begin with, that I made into 3 for another smart home video and since it's in my master bedroom and its something I see everyday I decided to just do it right. Just a personally preference.
@@ModernDayTech - I am just lazier. LOL
i bought this overpriced switched to control my ceiling fan and for some reason even though i have the swith on high, the fan is not on high, its on medium at best. And yes, ive triple checked that the pull strings are set on high.
I haven't heard anyone mention this issue before. Try reaching out support and see if they guide you.
Why not just install a blanking plate in the third spot? That's so much unnecessary work unless your THAT ocd lol
1. I am that OCD. lol 2. It always better to fix things now and not put things off. 3. This looks better 4. Expensive homes don't have extra holes in the wall.
Hey man dont do all that work, get a toggle blank for the third gang
Thanks for watching. The main reason I didn't just use blank/filler was cause I don't like the look, and it would be an incomplete project in the back of my mind.
@@ModernDayTech If you enjoy making work for yourself I guess I understand, I never had a client reject the look compared to all the drywall & painting.