Living in Canada, I really appreciate how you also mention that sometimes you just have to import from the US. I have a fan in our reading room that is live wired and is only controlled by the pull chains. I would love to replace it with a smart fan that is in homekit. Thanks!
Couple of things. After you finish installing the ceiling fan, set the fan speed to the highest seeing using the pull chain and having the fan control switch set to the highest setting. Then remove the lower section of the pull chain so people don't accidentally try to adjust the fan speed using the chain. Also, whenever I install a ceiling fan, I out everything together on the ground. The only thing I don't do is put the light globes and the light bulbs in. Then hang the fan using onto the mounting bracket. Then you can easily wire the fan up. Be sure to push the wire nuts up inside the electrical box in the ceiling to meet electrical code.
One of the best TBL videos in a while. I loved the mounting frustration, shooting at your daughter’s make up desk, and the very real approach when needing to buy outside of Canada. I have 5 ceiling fans where a mixture of approaches were used as well. One light/fan is in the office where I installed a professional level HVAC unit and just don’t need or use this fan or light (I have recessed lights with Phillips Hue bulbs). The family room has a fan with no lights and we successfully switched this to a Lutron fan switch. Both bedrooms for my boys had DC light/fan combos. My contractor got these moved to a Lutron setup (separate light and fan switches) and they work great. Master bedroom is where we must have had an AC fan as the contractor tried like 15 approaches before I bought a Hunter Simple Connect light/fan combo. I have the fan directly connected but may eventually switch this to a Lutron switch. I am also a big “fan” of their fans inside of my Apple Home.
Thanks Dr. Cole, glad to hear you are a “fan” a smart fans lol. They are so nice to have around. Appreciate your support as always. This was a fun video to shoot and glad a little bit of a different approach worked out.
For shame to me! Edited my comment to say ordering out of Canada vs. the US. With my best friend hailing from Canada, I know the faux pas of treating Canada as just another state, though I just typed it wrong in this instance. 🫢
8:33 this is the part of Hunter’s Simple Connect fan that made me give up on the Hue bulbs in my Aerodyne… I even tried an automation to turn the Hunter smart light back on if turned off and that only seemed to frustrate my spouse more as the Hue bulbs would turn back on with the Hunter smart light 🙄 so back to dumb bulbs we go and are using the Wemo stage controller over thread to control the over light, lamps, and fan which has been solid so far. But finding dumb bulbs that dim nicely in the Hunter fan has not been easy.
Good stuff, Brad. I prefer dumb fans and Lutron fan controllers, but I do have one smart fan/light come with a single wired switch that I didn't want to hire someone to add another line so I've covered up the one wired switch with two Lutron Pico remotes to control the light and fan separately via Homebridge. By the way, if you didn't know, they make these Philips Hue Dimmer wall plates on Etsy that incorporate both the Hue dimmer and a paddle or toggle switch, so it looks seamless. You can also add the Lutron Aurora in a paddle or toggle location.
I put three Hunter Simple Connect fans in my house. Two are on the same circuit so I need to have one moved. So my next step is to get one put on another circuit. I’m glad your Simple Connect fan is reliable TBL. I wasn’t sure how reliable they are in HomeKit. I just use the remotes but look forward to getting these in HomeKit. Great video and appreciate the information.
2:48 Aqara makes a smart one as well and Shane actually did a good video on a solution for those with only a single wire going to the fixture using Aqara’s T2 smart relay module. Doesn’t give you fan speed control or light dimming but at least gets both individually controllable in HomeKit.
Ya but it’s basically useless because the power button actually cuts power to the smart fan instead of just turning the light and fan off in the Hunter app… not very intuitive imo
I agree that color temperature is super important. That's why I don't buy ceiling fans with integrated lights; I get the ones with screw-in bulbs instead. I also use Home Assistant to bring everything together. Makes it so Lutron, Hue, IKEA, etc are all #1 priority.
I had a similar issue but with 3 DC fans in separate rooms around the house, I just use the bond bridge and copy the Radio Signal from my DC fan remote. Now I can control my fan light and fan speed using a lutron pico remote that talks to the bond bridge to send a radio signal to the respected fan.
great video.. any way to control the old traditional fans that come with a separate regulator? i'm from India, so not sure if the wiring is gonna be the same and would work for any smart fan switches that could control fan speed
I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything about the Lutron Fan Control having LEDs that you can’t turn off. Super annoying at night to see the green LEDs.
Would the hunter express fans work with, lets say a Lutron fan/light control system or not? The fan i got is model 52758. It's DC powered but its also part of their hunter express lineup which comes with a pretty easy wiring system and is controlled via remote. I wasn't sure about this so I called Hunter. The rep said that my fan could not be controlled by anything other than the remote. I really want to hook it up to the wall switch and control it that way. I'm hoping that that rep didnt know what they're talking about.
You don’t! Total overkill but the Aurora prevents the switch from being turned off with the added convenience of controlling the lights. The Hue switches provides additional flexibility like activating Hue and Apple Home scenes. You don’t need both though.
U didn’t mention one more way to do this, with 2 relay switches you can make a dumb fan smart with individual control of fan and light. You do lose control of dimming and fan control but if u don’t want to over spend is a great option.
Living in Canada, I really appreciate how you also mention that sometimes you just have to import from the US. I have a fan in our reading room that is live wired and is only controlled by the pull chains. I would love to replace it with a smart fan that is in homekit. Thanks!
Thanks Clinton! I think you’d really enjoy the upgrade! Thanks for watching!
Couple of things. After you finish installing the ceiling fan, set the fan speed to the highest seeing using the pull chain and having the fan control switch set to the highest setting. Then remove the lower section of the pull chain so people don't accidentally try to adjust the fan speed using the chain. Also, whenever I install a ceiling fan, I out everything together on the ground. The only thing I don't do is put the light globes and the light bulbs in. Then hang the fan using onto the mounting bracket. Then you can easily wire the fan up. Be sure to push the wire nuts up inside the electrical box in the ceiling to meet electrical code.
One of the best TBL videos in a while. I loved the mounting frustration, shooting at your daughter’s make up desk, and the very real approach when needing to buy outside of Canada.
I have 5 ceiling fans where a mixture of approaches were used as well. One light/fan is in the office where I installed a professional level HVAC unit and just don’t need or use this fan or light (I have recessed lights with Phillips Hue bulbs). The family room has a fan with no lights and we successfully switched this to a Lutron fan switch. Both bedrooms for my boys had DC light/fan combos. My contractor got these moved to a Lutron setup (separate light and fan switches) and they work great. Master bedroom is where we must have had an AC fan as the contractor tried like 15 approaches before I bought a Hunter Simple Connect light/fan combo. I have the fan directly connected but may eventually switch this to a Lutron switch. I am also a big “fan” of their fans inside of my Apple Home.
Thanks Dr. Cole, glad to hear you are a “fan” a smart fans lol. They are so nice to have around. Appreciate your support as always. This was a fun video to shoot and glad a little bit of a different approach worked out.
For shame to me! Edited my comment to say ordering out of Canada vs. the US. With my best friend hailing from Canada, I know the faux pas of treating Canada as just another state, though I just typed it wrong in this instance. 🫢
8:33 this is the part of Hunter’s Simple Connect fan that made me give up on the Hue bulbs in my Aerodyne… I even tried an automation to turn the Hunter smart light back on if turned off and that only seemed to frustrate my spouse more as the Hue bulbs would turn back on with the Hunter smart light 🙄 so back to dumb bulbs we go and are using the Wemo stage controller over thread to control the over light, lamps, and fan which has been solid so far. But finding dumb bulbs that dim nicely in the Hunter fan has not been easy.
Good stuff, Brad. I prefer dumb fans and Lutron fan controllers, but I do have one smart fan/light come with a single wired switch that I didn't want to hire someone to add another line so I've covered up the one wired switch with two Lutron Pico remotes to control the light and fan separately via Homebridge. By the way, if you didn't know, they make these Philips Hue Dimmer wall plates on Etsy that incorporate both the Hue dimmer and a paddle or toggle switch, so it looks seamless. You can also add the Lutron Aurora in a paddle or toggle location.
I put three Hunter Simple Connect fans in my house. Two are on the same circuit so I need to have one moved. So my next step is to get one put on another circuit. I’m glad your Simple Connect fan is reliable TBL. I wasn’t sure how reliable they are in HomeKit. I just use the remotes but look forward to getting these in HomeKit. Great video and appreciate the information.
I have a fan with a chain, and I am pinning my hopes on the Jasco/GE/Embrighten/Honeywell/UltraPro Zwave 3 speed wall switch. Wish me luck.
2:48 Aqara makes a smart one as well and Shane actually did a good video on a solution for those with only a single wire going to the fixture using Aqara’s T2 smart relay module. Doesn’t give you fan speed control or light dimming but at least gets both individually controllable in HomeKit.
Hunter makes a wall control for the simple connect fan/lights. You can’t reverse the fan direction with the Lutron wall control.
I own 4 Hunter Symphony fans (4-speed fan and dimmable light exposed in HomeKit) and have 4 Hunter Universal Wall Controls
Ya but it’s basically useless because the power button actually cuts power to the smart fan instead of just turning the light and fan off in the Hunter app… not very intuitive imo
Bottom line: We yet to have a Smart Fan Switch that has no issues overall. Come’on Lutron!
I agree that color temperature is super important. That's why I don't buy ceiling fans with integrated lights; I get the ones with screw-in bulbs instead. I also use Home Assistant to bring everything together. Makes it so Lutron, Hue, IKEA, etc are all #1 priority.
I bought a few DC / newer fans that only are controllable via their remote. I wonder what I should do in this case to add them to HomeKit..
I had a similar issue but with 3 DC fans in separate rooms around the house, I just use the bond bridge and copy the Radio Signal from my DC fan remote. Now I can control my fan light and fan speed using a lutron pico remote that talks to the bond bridge to send a radio signal to the respected fan.
Did you use homebridge or what did you use to set pico remote?
@@jrtoy704 I used lutron hub connected to home assistant to control both the bond and the remote.
great video.. any way to control the old traditional fans that come with a separate regulator? i'm from India, so not sure if the wiring is gonna be the same and would work for any smart fan switches that could control fan speed
I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything about the Lutron Fan Control having LEDs that you can’t turn off. Super annoying at night to see the green LEDs.
Thank you for your sharing.
This fan light fixture says 8watts only. The philips 1100 lumen bulbs has 10.5 watts. Is this okay to have the philips led into this fan fixture
Would the hunter express fans work with, lets say a Lutron fan/light control system or not? The fan i got is model 52758. It's DC powered but its also part of their hunter express lineup which comes with a pretty easy wiring system and is controlled via remote. I wasn't sure about this so I called Hunter. The rep said that my fan could not be controlled by anything other than the remote. I really want to hook it up to the wall switch and control it that way. I'm hoping that that rep didnt know what they're talking about.
I don't understand. Why would you need to have an Lutron Aurora smart button and a Phillips Dimmer remote?
You don’t! Total overkill but the Aurora prevents the switch from being turned off with the added convenience of controlling the lights. The Hue switches provides additional flexibility like activating Hue and Apple Home scenes. You don’t need both though.
or, you can just get a wifi control box for your fan, i put them in my house and alexa can ccontrol the and they have a remote
U didn’t mention one more way to do this, with 2 relay switches you can make a dumb fan smart with individual control of fan and light. You do lose control of dimming and fan control but if u don’t want to over spend is a great option.
can i have the swicth you didnt use? :)
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