Yup. I need to do this for my inlaws. Their kitchen light is an old round
fluorescent deal with a pull cord switch. Last time it failed I had to do some
major butchery to install a new ballast, next time it fails its going to become
a fan/light combo with a remote. They have high ceilings and it'd be wicked
hard run a wire back for a wall mounted switch...
-Curt
On Sunday, March 22, 2020, 11:58:45 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/DEWENWILS-Wireless-Receiver-Lighting-Programmable/dp/B07S2RM95K
<https://www.amazon.com/DEWENWILS-Wireless-Receiver-Lighting-Programmable/dp/B07S2RM95K>
-D
> On Mar 22, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Remote switch" is really a relay. "Alexa turn on the fan" there are a
> variety out there...
>
> -Curt
>
> On Sunday, March 22, 2020, 11:50:07 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>
> Example? Not sure what you mean by “remote switches”.
>
> -D
>
> > On Mar 22, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
> > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Get some remote switches, you can leave the power on constantly but switch
> > the fixture
> >
> > --FT
> > Sent from iPhone
> >
> >> On Mar 22, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> So here’s the deal:
> >>
> >> I want to install a ceiling fan on the ceiling of our master bathroom. The
> >> roof pitch over this part of the house makes it nearly impossible for me
> >> to access the area from above. On opposite sides of the bathroom are
> >> sink/counter areas with can lights in the ceiling. There is also a
> >> ventilation fan in the ceiling as well.
> >>
> >> My initial thought was to connect up to one of the can lights (they are
> >> controlled together by the same switch) and just run the ceiling fan off
> >> of their circuit. It’s highly unlikely that the ceiling fan would be
> >> needed if the lights are off. But - since these are can lights the
> >> junction boxes are on the outsides of the fixtures, meaning I can’t get to
> >> the junction boxes from below because the fixtures were installed from the
> >> attic space. At least I believe that to be the case, that I couldn’t
> >> dismantle the fixtures from below and drop them out the opening. I can
> >> probably snake a wire across the ceiling from one of the can lights to the
> >> location where the fan would be installed.
> >>
> >> The alternative is to utilize the same feed to the ventilation fan, but
> >> that means it would have to be on if the ceiling fan was to operate unless
> >> I rigged some means of turning off the ventilation fan locally, like with
> >> a chain/pull switch or something like that. The proximity to the ceiling
> >> fan would probably make this impossible. Not an ideal situation.
> >>
> >> Worst case scenario would be to run a feeder through the attic space (I
> >> could possibly get a wire from parts of the attic I can access to the
> >> ceiling of the bathroom) all the way back to the distribution panel, but
> >> that’s all the way on the opposite side of the house.
> >>
> >> I’m looking for ideas here. This is a pretty creative bunch, help me
> >> identify a solution I have’t yet thought of.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> -D
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