Litex WCI-100 Wall Command Universal Ceiling Fan Control, Three Speeds and Full Range Dimmer,Black,10.20x8.00x3.50

At the top of my stairway to my second floor I had a plain light fixture that was served by 3-way switches (one at the bottom of the stairs, one at the top of the stairs, and one just outside the Master Bedroom).I decided to replace the light fixture with a fan/light combination to improve air circulation between floors. I didn't want to have to control both fan and light with these 3 way switches so I decided to see if these would work...and they do!! It was a bummer to need to order 3 complete kits because I needed 3 transmitters but 1 receiver, but the experiment worked and I have extra receivers.What's nice about these kits is that the receiver doesn't have DIP switches on them- you set the transmitter(s) to whatever code you choose (make sure you set them all to the same code). It's also cool that you don't need to tap into the white wire in the switch box, just connect the transmitter to each of the black wires in the box, doesn't matter which is which, and connect the ground wire to ground of the switch box.First I switched off the circuit breaker powering that circuit.Next I removed all of the existing wall switches and then disconnected the red wire from each and insulated them with the wire nuts (these are no longer needed and will not have power to them so just make sure they can't short out other wires in the wall).Next I installed the receiver inside the ceiling fan base- black from ceiling to black incoming, white in ceiling to white incoming, then to the fan black-black, white-white, & blue-blue...pretty simple.Next I connected one of the transmitters to each black wire in the switch box: black-black & black-black, green-bare copper in the switch box.This next step required me to move quickly to complete- I turned the circuit breaker on, then I needed to run upstairs to the transmitter and hold the Fan Off button on the transmitter for 3 seconds. The lamp turned on and flashed twice, which meant the receiver successfully paired to the transmitter. I was able to control the light on'off and fan speed with the transmitter now.Since the other 2 transmitters were set to the same code all I needed to do was flip off the circuit breaker and wire up the 2 remaining transmitters the same way as the first- no extra programming step was involved. Once I returned power to that circuit I was able to control both light and fan from the 3 locations! I'm very happy with the result!

My fan/light came with an in box switch that looked a lot like this one BUT it was for a hardwire situation. No matter what combination used to hook it up, nothing was working right. Unless your switch & box were specifically hardwired for a combination fan/light, there's no way a hardwire switch can work. The solution is such a transmitter and receiver that has wires matching what's coming out of your fan/light, specifically the blue wire that controls the light separately. If you have a switch box and opening with a typical hot/neutral/ground 3 wire connection and you're trying to hook up a fan/light with those same 3 wires + a blue wire for the light, this IS a great solution.It was easy to hook up and thankfully worked perfectly, including dimming the led light. Also, it works without the need for an internal battery which would obviously need to be replaced at some point. One thing I'd do differently with the installation is to set the dip switches to something other than the default because it is trying to control a fan in an adjacent room - if this proves to be an ongoing problem, I will need to make a dip switch adjustment on one of them so they don't compete for control.Bottomline: Great solution to a BIG problem I was struggling to solve...

This wall switch replacement for the cheap remote controls that the ceiling fan manufacturers supply works like a CHAMP. It completely removes the battery element from the equation, so your connectivity never drops to your fan and you can control all functions from the wall (fan speed, dimmable lighting). My only complaint about the unit is that the remote that installs in the fan mount is just *slightly* bigger than the remote unit that was in my fan. I had to take down the entire fan and modify the "ball" support from the fan stem to shorten it, to provide room for the new remote unit to slide in. Once I did that, the remote unit fit and the thing works great.