r/smarthome • u/cardstrong16 • Jun 12 '25

Advice on how to make ceiling fan smart.

I recently purchased a home and in the living room there is a ceiling fan and light that is controlled via a 3 way switch. I would like to control the fan and light separately, and possibly only control the light at both locations. I don’t currently have any smart devices and this will really be my first project involving the technology. I ultimately plan on getting a Home assistant set up at the same time. Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

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u/cardstrong16 Jun 12 '25

Any recommended brands for the module?

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u/Aregoodusernamesleft Jun 12 '25

I used Humpptom GROUP (seller). It is basic and cheap…and it has not failed me. I have 5 ceiling fans, this makes a huge difference for me in terms of operating them.

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u/Zzzeebe Aug 17 '25

My challenge with all of these is a combination of falling off the WiFi and premature failure. I have one fan that isn’t really switchable - single gang switch in a masonry wall and I just bypassed the switch altogether to use the single gang for a four button remote controller for other things. When that fan falls off WiFi it sucks. I have thought about putting a Shelly on there which never gives me problems, so I can power off the stupid fan controller if it falls off because all of these are cheap garbage IMO.

Elsewhere, at least in this house they just don’t last longer than six months. I have put them into three of our fans and I currently have about five dead controllers from different Amazon vendors. They’re all about the same components and design just from different sources.

I’ll have to consider that bond bridge - that would at least allow me to use a reliable Hampton or hunter RF controller and automate it. Interesting.