Ceiling Fan Control with 2 wires no Neutral

[bwoodfl]

I have 2 ceiling fans in my living room that are both on one regular light switch. I want to automate the fans. I tried using the Switchlinc 2 wire Dimmer (2474DWH) with no success. It worked for a few minutes then burned out. I do not find another switch that might work. Does anyone have any suggestions what else I could do to add the ceiling fans to my ISY994i so I could add to my programs?

 

Bill

[G W]

Use a FanLinc.

[Brian H]

If you have space in the fans housing.

The Fanlinc as garyfunk pointed out should work. As it can get the needed Line, Neutral and Load connections needed in the fans wiring.

You would have to leave the manual wall switch On if you wanted to have the ability to disable the fan or bypass the switch for constant power to the fan.

http://www.smarthome.com/2475F/FanLinc- ... and/p.aspx

 

The other way would be rewire the switch loop to provide Line and Neutral to the old switches location. Replace the switch with a Switchlinc or Togglelinc dimmer. With the load wire capped off and then add an Inlinelinc in the fans housing. Linking the Insteon switch to the Inlinelinc.

[bwoodfl]

If you have space in the fans housing.

The Fanlinc as garyfunk pointed out should work. As it can get the needed Line, Neutral and Load connections needed in the fans wiring.

You would have to leave the manual wall switch On if you wanted to have the ability to disable the fan or bypass the switch for constant power to the fan.

http://www.smarthome.com/2475F/FanLinc- ... and/p.aspx

 

The other way would be rewire the switch loop to provide Line and Neutral to the old switches location. Replace the switch with a Switchlinc or Togglelinc dimmer. With the load wire capped off and then add an Inlinelinc in the fans housing. Linking the Insteon switch to the Inlinelinc.

 

Thanks for the replies.

 

Would it make a difference that the lights on the fans are on separate switches? The lights are on 2 light switches one at each door and each control both lights, then the fans are on a different switch.

 

Bill

[G W]

Would it make a difference that the lights on the fans are on separate switches? The lights are on 2 light switches one at each door and each control both lights, then the fans are on a different switch.

 

Bill

 

No. I'd add a FanLinc to each fan then a KeypadLinc to control the fans and lights. It sounds like you have four switches. You can replace all four with two keypads.