{"product":{"product_id":"B00PYMGVVQ","title":"GE Z-Wave Wireless Smart Fan Speed Control, 3-Speed, In-Wall, Includes White \u0026 Light Almond Paddles, Works with Amazon Alexa, 12730","price":null,"image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/416dCfW7K1L._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PYMGVVQ"},"comments":[{"body":"You could accomplish this with home automation.  Replace the fan switch with this [zwave switch](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PYMGVVQ/) and then add a Wink or Smartthings hub.  Your phone would be the remote.  You can also get an Amazon Echo for cheap and then control the fan with your voice.","subreddit_name":"HomeImprovement","author":"coworker"},{"body":"Hue ecosystem uses the Zigbee protocol. The Hue app can only control lights out of the box. There is only 1 fan controller for HA that I'm aware of and that's the GE zwave fan controller which requires a z-wave hub similar to SmartThings which also integrates with Hue and it works pretty well.\r\n\r\n\r\nGE Z-Wave Wireless Smart Fan Speed Control, 3-Speed, In-Wall, Includes White \u0026amp; Light Almond Paddles, Works with Amazon Alexa, 12730 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PYMGVVQ","subreddit_name":"Hue","author":"junkyboy55"},{"body":"I think you're on the right track... only thing I would change out would be to use the GE Z wave fan controllers instead of the Bond. \r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PYMGVVQ\r\n\r\nYou'll still be able to control fan speed remotely with SmartThings and whatever voice assistant you decide to go with. \r\n\r\nEDIT: Also, unless you absolutely have to have Alexa... the Ecobee 3 lite is a much better value and a lot less bulky on the wall. And cheaper...\r\n","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"DavidAg02"},{"body":"So I guess they're finally catching up?\r\n\r\nI retrofitted my ceiling fans by replacing the wall switch with a zwave smart dimmable [3-speed fan switch](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PYMGVVQ/).   It works well with no expensive fan replacement.   Only difference is Google just sees it as a dimmer switch so it doesn't understand \"low, medium, high\", but if you give it a percentage, it sets it to the closest speed.  \r\n\r\n\"set fan to 33%\" = low, etc...","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"fastlerner"},{"body":"If it's just a ceiling fan with no lights, you can use this [GE Zwave wall switch for fans](https://smile.amazon.com/GE-Wireless-Control-3-Speed-12730/dp/B00PYMGVVQ). I've used it on two ceiling fans in my house, and it works really well. Use the pull chain to set the fan to maximum, then remove the chain so you aren't tempted to use it. The wall switch does off/low/medium/high.","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"cleansweep9"},{"body":"Do you have a Wink or anything else that can talk Z-Wave?\r\n\r\nThe [GE 12730 Z-Wave Smart Fan Control](https://www.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ) is working quite well for me. I just say, \"Alexa, set ceiling fan to 25/50/100 percent,\" (each of those values fall within the range for those three speeds). You can also simply turn it on and off.\r\n\r\nIt does, however, require you're wired with separate switches for fan and light. ","subreddit_name":"amazonecho","author":"mareksoon"},{"body":"Might be able to install something like this and use it with any fan.  http://www.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ and use it with smart things.  If you have a fan with infrared control you could hook it up to logitech harmony, then to smart things, then to alexa.","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"theantirobot"},{"body":"Depends on your wiring, but you may be in luck if the circuit comes in through the box where the fan is mounted.   You'll have to open up the electrical box above your fan to see.   But the light and fan circuit should be separate any ceiling fan.  So, all you have to do is connect the light circuit directly to the hot to make it always on for a smart bulb. \r\n\r\nLeave the fan's hot wire connected to the wall wiring and you can upgrade that switch to a [GE 12730](http://www.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ).  (I now have all my ceiling fans controlled with these...  they work great!)\r\n\r\nI was lucky and mine had wiring for both light and fan all the way to the wall...  I put in a matching dimmer.","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"calley479"},{"body":"Need a little bit more information.  Do you have 2 wall switches to control the fan/light separately? Does your fan have a remote control? Do you have a hub, or are you looking for a hub-less solution?\r\n\r\nIf you have 2 switches, I agree with /u/PSYKO_Inc, with only one change.  I'd use a [fan control switch](http://www.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ) to also have speed control of the fan.  That switch is z-wave though, so you'd need a hub or controller.","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"saunjay1"},{"body":"I'm pretty sure you should be able to find z wave switches like you wanted. I know for a fact they exist but may look different or may need to replace the actual outlet you have, like it has to come out of the wall. Aeon labs makes a zwave one that hangs from the wall, it's kind of big, but should report on energy usage although mine is iffy at best because smart things doesn't support that feature well, but as far as on and off its flawless. Search amazon for a schlage outlet receptacle that's zwave.  It's a generic outlet thing that schlage and a bunch of other companies pit their own name on, or don't even brand it just sell it as their own and I know, too, that it works for a fact with smart things and is zwave. \r\n\r\nTheoretically all plug in zwave (and zigbee) items are repeaters, none of the battery power devices are repeater due to power drain.  The ge fan switch should be a repeater as well, as it's hard wired in and their light switches which look identical are repeaters. \r\n\r\n\r\nItems 1 2 4 6 10 and 12 should be okay for your use if you want the outlet but want it zwave not zigbee. http://smile.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ","subreddit_name":"SmartThings","author":"JabroniZamboni"},{"body":"So, I have a ceiling fan that's smack in the middle. \r\n\r\nIf I install this: http://smile.amazon.com/GE-12730-Z-Wave-Smart-Control/dp/B00PYMGVVQ\r\n\r\nWill that work? \r\n\r\nI am confused as to how it's going to control the ceiling fan because the ceiling fan is a Hunter brand ceiling fan, and I searched in vain for a remote receiver that works with the GE z-wave smart control. :( \r\n\r\nI can also switch out the light switch next to the front door. \r\n\r\nI'm so sad now. I feel like an idiot that I bought the wrong switch. I should return them. :(","subreddit_name":"SmartThings","author":"OsmanthusJelly"},{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/GE-Control-Z-Wave-12730-Amazon/dp/B00PYMGVVQ\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Leviton-VRF01-1LZ-Capable-Control-Almond/dp/B001HT4M48","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"rad_example"},{"body":"Building off of /u/Terrancelee \r\n\r\nThey are called Fan speed controls\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/GE-Control-Z-Wave-12730-Amazon/dp/B00PYMGVVQ","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"fatmanwithalittleboy"},{"body":"The best I've come up with for this scenario is to either:\r\n\r\n* Like /u/Alwayssunnyinarizona mentioned, expand the gang box so you can add both a Z-Wave dimmer \u0026amp; a Z-Wave fan controller (like the [GE 12730](https://www.amazon.com/GE-Control-Z-Wave-12730-Amazon/dp/B00PYMGVVQ)) side by side. Since you already have the separate fan and light wiring, this isn't too bad. You would need a drywall saw to expand the hole (or a small saw), [optional] tin snips to cut the old box out, a new 3-gang box and wallplate, and patience.\r\n\r\n* If you have the spare cash, Insteon makes the [Fanlinc](https://www.amazon.com/Insteon-2475F-FanLinc-Dual-Band-Controller/dp/B00715SU4A), which you can hide in the canopy. You could then add an Insteon [KeypadLinc](https://www.amazon.com/INSTEON-2487S-KeypadLinc-6Button-Control/dp/B005CDXGD8/ref=pd_sim_60_5?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;pd_rd_i=B005CDXGD8\u0026amp;pd_rd_r=M97PVHYXJSHWFHXG23VG\u0026amp;pd_rd_w=QLSZg\u0026amp;pd_rd_wg=sXx4c\u0026amp;psc=1\u0026amp;refRID=M97PVHYXJSHWFHXG23VG). Of course, the gadgets themselves are expensive, and you'd need to add an Insteon modem to your HA setup if you don't already have one. That said, it's as elegant as you'll get without modifying that box.\r\n\r\n* Finally, you could hide a micro dimmer and fan controller in the canopy and use an in-wall [scene controller](https://www.amazon.com/Eaton-RFWC5AW-ASPIRE-5-Scene-120-volt/dp/B0053ZIRWK/ref=sr_1_19?s=hi\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1484156842\u0026amp;sr=1-19\u0026amp;keywords=z-wave+scene+controller) to make your HA hub command them. Not as elegant and more points of failure, but it'll get the job done.","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"laboye"},{"body":"That's really just two switches in one box. You'd replace the left one with any old smarthome light switch.\r\n\r\nThe right one you'd replace with a [fan switch](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PYMGVVQ).","subreddit_name":"homeautomation","author":"mistamo42"}]}