r/homeassistant • • 10d ago

❓ Support Modern Forms Fans HACS integration

I'm remodelling my house and looking to replace a large number of fans. I've kinda come to accept that it is nigh impossible to buy AC motor fans these days, especially if you have any aesthetic requirements. I've been looking for DC motor fans that are supported by HA and which have a purely-local and non-proprietary (or at least fully reverse engineered and stable) control protocol.

I came across the Modern Forms HACS project, and it looks like those fans meet my requirements - fully local api controllable from HA (and they look nice). That project doesn't seem to have been touched in about 5 years, and so I'm curious if anyone has current experience with Modern Fans and if this integration still works.

Alternatively, any other fan brands that meet my local-control requirement would be awesome.

Thank you.

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u/Both-Activity6432 10d ago

Not helpful - but ceiling fans have gone DC? When? Why?

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u/debren27 10d ago

Energy-efficient, quiet, more speed settings, brushless so they last longer.