Can I use this switch with a bathroom fan?
937918
It is a dimmer also and you may ruin the fan. Most fans are designed to run full speed or have wiring that allows several speeds. This switch chops the power. No longer 60 cycles per second so it may be hard on the fan or fry it. Doubt it would catch on fire but it is a thought. Smarthome.com has switches that may control motors. As in no dimmer. Check the wattage your circuit will use before you buy a switch.
937919
Hello K. Neberman Sorry, but this unit is intended for incandescent lighting only. Even thou it is a Channel-N Mosfet device it is not designed to handle motor loads. Most bathroom fans are small in size (&lt;100W) but it may not work properly. I would not be concerned on damaging the unit, but the operation of your fan may not be as desired. Also this unit requires a minimum of 40W to reliably operate. The reason for that is that it does not have a neutral wire so it borrows power from the load that it is controlling. Intermatic also make switches that could handle motor loads, CA3000 and HA18, those ones have mechanical switches internally, so no dimming possible. also expect a click noise when activated ON or OFF. http://www.homesettings.com/products/new%20products/ha18.aspx Hope this helps. Regards,
937920
Doubt it... I believe that levinton is only one that sells a z wave fan switch... And its close to 80 Bucks
400562
Probably not. This switch works if you have 2 hot wires from the fixture to the switch (1 for the fan & 1 for the light). Unless your ceiling box is already wired this way (and they usually aren't), your options are to use a remote or the pull chains that came with the fan.
780108
This fan does not come with a switch. If you have a 3 conductor romex cable run to the fan, then you can have separate switches for fan and light.
853835
No. It can't be used for a switch, the purpose of it is to conserve your hot water when it gets warm.
1964366
You need a electrician to look at your fan. The switch is designed to work with Panasonic exhaust fan. Not sure what fan you have
1090970
Absolutely - there are 2 hot wires - one for the fan and one for the light. So, if you have the wiring/switches in place it will work perfectly.
2076461
No. We have one switch. What this means is that the fan and light are either both on or both off. This is ok for our small bathroom.
2076460
You can have one switch to let fan and light turn on at the same time, or you can separate fan and light into two switches too. We did it the first way just so whoever use the bathroom will not forget to turn on the fan while showering which create steam.
242184
Yes this will support a standard bathroom fan however a timer might make more scene like the one I have Leviton LTB30-1LZ Decora
215537
I'm not an electrician but it works fine with my porch light. I would think that if your exaughst fan runs with a switch that it could. I did have to email the company that I bought mine from as the first one they sent was faulty but they sent a new one right away and didn't even request for the faulty one to be sent back. Hope this helps.
2170733
I am not sure but I think you can wire the unit as you may want. I have a separate switch for the night light. and a switch for the main light and the fan. The fan seems to be influenced by motion. I'm not sure if this is how the manufacturer designed it, but it seems to work for me. I bet you can customize it.
137766
Yes; the switch is in the front. You have a choice of "low", "off", and "high". Caveat: The fan is very lightweight, so when you use the switch you can substantially change the angle of the fan.
1409329
I wouldn't recommend that application. This fan is made to move air from a case or cabinet not to exhaust a bathroom. It's not big enough
1665122
This fan can be wired in many ways. It was intended to be installed with the fan constantly powered. The switch should boost the speed to get rid of humidity and bathroom smells. This fan is also sold with a built-in motion detector that controls the boost, leading to easier installation.
987801
If your fan pull switch goes off-high-medium-low, and it has 4 wires going to it, then this should be ok. If you have 4 position but only three wires you should find one of these switches (or use this switch if you know what you are doing). Take good pics before disassembling your fan switch! Good luck.
1949945
We are building a house and bought this fan to install in the kitchen and we wired for the fan to be turned off and on via a switch on the wall, so I'm thinking you can do this, but you will have to have it wired to do so. Hope this helps!!
1049907
I guess you could wire the fan and the light to the fan side of the switch. When you switched the switch off, it would seem like nothing is happening, but it would just activate the timer.