Is a load required?

[GQuack]

Hi all, pretty sure I know the answer but would like to confirm before I pull apart my previous wiring. I hooked up 3 new ceiling fans via fanlincs and 6 button keypads. I used the load connection for each keypad as the line to the fanlinc not thinking through the ramifications of that and setup a scene to turn on the light when the ON keypad button is pressed. The light works fine but I can only get the fans to work when the light is on since power is only being supplied to the fanlinc when ON is pressed....duh.

I just need to tie the line connections together and the neutral connections together which means abandoning the load connection on the keypad. I can then continue to use the ON button to control the light via my existing scene and independently control the fan speed via the other buttons.

I'm pretty sure not having anything connected to the  load from the keypad would be a problem but would like to confirm that???

Thank you for any responses.

[paulbates]

You do not have to use the red wire on insteon switches. Cap 'em off and you're good to go.

Paul

[GQuack]

Thank you Paul...

[kclenden]

When you setup Master/Slave switch combinations (i.e. 2-way, 3-way, multi-way switches), the slaves don't have anything connected to the load.  So not connecting something to the load is quite common.