Wholesale ✨ Smart Ceiling Fan Control And Dimmer Light Switch, Neutral Wire Needed, 2.4Ghz Single Pole Wi-Fi Fan And Light Switch Combo, Works With Alexa, Google Home And SmartThings, Remote Control 🥰

2 reviews for Wholesale ✨ Smart Ceiling Fan Control And Dimmer Light Switch, Neutral Wire Needed, 2.4Ghz Single Pole Wi-Fi Fan And Light Switch Combo, Works With Alexa, Google Home And SmartThings, Remote Control 🥰

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   U2Bigg – August 5, 2020

   I have a number of Hunter fan/light wall controls in our home, which have generally worked well–so when it came time to add another fan as we finished our basement, I tried to get another. Unfortunately for them, they’re out of them during COVID–and after waiting months for them to get new stock, I finally gave up and tried this model instead. And I’m very glad I did! My family loves being able to control the fan and light via our Alexa.However, all that praise comes AFTER I got past installation…When I was first ordering this control, I noticed that its Amazon page mentions multiple times (including directly in the item title!) “neutral wire required”. Again, on the carton, boldly highlighted in yellow, “Neutral wire required….confirm whether there is a neutral wire inside the switchbox before opening the package.” Again multiple times in the instruction manual–“neutral wire required”. Am I misunderstanding something, or don’t ALL fans and lights–and for that matter, ALL household circuits–use a neutral wire? That’s an awful lot of emphasis for something that is standard.What ISN’T mentioned nearly as prominently is the fact that this control requires a SECOND LOAD wire between the control and the fan. MANY fans are wired with only one load wire–typically 14-2 wiring. (That is, one load wire-black, one neutral wire-white, and one ground wire-bare copper.) The light and fan are then controlled by pull chains at the fan. 14-2 wiring won’t work with this control–you need 14-3 wiring, which has an additional load wire (typically red). THIS IS THE WARNING WHICH SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED FOR CUSTOMERS, NOT THE NEUTRAL WIRE.The next step is figuring out which wires are which–at both the switch, and at the fan. At the switch, the manual schematic shows that the yellow wire from the switch should be connected to a yellow wire from the wall, the red wire from the control should be connected to the red wire from the wall, and black to black, white to white, and green to green. It further states that “The wire colors indicated in this manual are the usual colors…” NOT TRUE! Most 14-3 wiring has a black wire, a red wire, a white wire, and a bare copper wire leading to the fan. (They don’t use yellow because in certain fluorescent lighting, white and yellow can be hard to differentiate.) The power supply wire is typically 14-2–consisting of black, white, and bare. So the correct wiring is:–Black wire on control to the black wire in the 14-2 bundle in the wall–White wire on control to both white wires in the wall–Green wire on control to both bare copper wires in the wall–Red wire on control to the red wire* in the wall–Yellow wire on control to the black wire* in the 14-3 bundle in the wall* These two may need to be switched–it depends on how the wires are connected in your fanTreatLife really should update their wiring schematic to more clearly explain this wiring. Having done a number of fan and control installations, I can say that most other manufacturers explain this much better. Someone with electrical experience will have no problems–but without clearer instructions, many lay people will struggle.Once you get this done, the next fun step was getting the app installed and running. The controller only supports 2.4Ghz networks. My router is dual band–5Ghz/2.4Ghz, so it would seem there would be no problem there. However, my phone automatically chooses which one to be on–there’s no way to force it to the other–and it was choosing to be 5Ghz. So I couldn’t talk to the controller. Both the manual and the app provide instructions on how to get your router to be only 2.4Ghz, but my router couldn’t use those instructions. After some internet research, I ended up walking down the street for about a block until I was far enough away that my phone lost the 5Ghz signal, and thus connected to 2.4Ghz. A hassle–but, hopefully, only a one-time hassle.Once you connect, and then go through the process to connect the controller to your Alexa, the Alexa actually finds TWO devices–one of which is named something like “DS03 Ceiling Fan Controller”, and the other whose name is a series of Oriental characters. (I’m not familiar enough with languages of that part of the world to know if they’re Mandarin, Japanese, or something else.) The controller actually treats the fan and the light as two separate devices–the device with the non-alpha name is the light. Once you realize that and rename it to what you want, the rest was quite easy. Although I will mention that if you look for assistance on either their website or their app, you do get to some pages which are a little hard to understand, as they were written by someone who clearly isn’t a native English speaker. They made a valiant effort–but TechLife may want to invest in better translators and/or tech writers.So, with installation complete–both I and my family love this controller. The manual controls are easy, clear, and logical, and the Alexa controls work consistently well. A couple of the small chiclet buttons on the control feel like they may be a bit flimsy, so it’ll be interesting to see how they hold up–but that may just be me adjusting to the latest in modern technology. 🙂 I know I’ve probably dwelt a bit too much on the negatives in this review, so let me end by saying that it really is an impressive controller. I look forward to installing more of TechLife’s products in my home–perhaps even replacing some of my beloved Hunter fan controls!

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   azbidr – July 28, 2022

   I have been a home automation person for decades and have been waiting forever for an integrated ceiling fan light and fan speed Smart control. This device works great, even adding an extra speed for the fan than is typical. I like how it remembers your last fan speed and light dimmer setting and when toggling often on mechanically or by voice through Alexa it will return to that setting.I gave it four stars instead of five for several reasons. The first is the sheer physical mass of the device. I had to install this in a triple work box with two other switches that are also smart switches and bulky. This one is the juggernaut of the bunch and requires a lot of space. Wiring the device, with my skill set which is advanced, was quite simple and forward however rearranging all the wires in the workbox to make space for this behemoth took me a complete hour.Secondly, using the TreatLife app, it took me the better part of 45 minutes to get the app to successfully integrate the switch onto my Wi-Fi. I had to constantly put it back into pairing mode, force stop the app, wipe out the cache, and restart again to get it to work but it finally did.After integrating it with alexa, you will see it show up as two different devices, the fan and the fan light. You should rename them so that you’re not just saying “ceiling fan” when sometimes you mean the fan itself and sometimes you mean the light. The default names are fan and light. If you care to, you can integrate the fan and light into its own Alexa group so therefore when you say ceiling fan off you’re turning off the light and the fan itself and when you say ceiling fan on you’re turning on the light and the fan together. Of course you will need to give this group its own name and not the same name as the one you used for the fan alone or the light alone. I just called mine “ceiling fan group”.Thirdly, getting this thing to work with Alexa was a bit difficult because the directions are incorrect and incomplete as stated above and continued below.TreatLife allows 4 fan speeds, one more than odd typically found. Nice. I like the way that your last fan speed and light dimmer settings are remembered. When toggling off and on, either manually or by voice, it returns to that remembered setting.I gave it four stars instead of five for several reasons. The first is the sheer physical mass of the device. I had to install this in a triple work box with two other switches that are also smart switches and bulky. This one is the juggernaut of the bunch and requires a lot of space. Wiring the device, with my skill set which is advanced, was quite simple and forward however rearranging all the wires in the workbox to make space for this behemoth took me a complete hour.Secondly, using the TreatLife app, it took me the better part of 45 minutes to get the app to successfully integrate the switch onto my Wi-Fi. I had to constantly put it back into pairing mode, force stop the app, wipe out the cache, and restart again to get it to work but it finally did.Thirdly, getting this thing to work with Alexa was a bit difficult because the directions are incorrect and incomplete. The printed directions say to use the Smart Life app, which is a dead end of following the steps given in the directions because you will never get to the point where it asks for your account settings. I may have had more trouble than others as I already had the Smart Life app, and it was not a new install. Anyway, the Smart Life app is completely unnecessary because the Treatlight app has a direct integration through it’s own Amazon Alexa skill. Skip the Smart Life app and go to the TreatLife skill on Alexa to integrate it.Considering all the difficulties of actually getting it into the box and setting it up, if you were paying an electrician by the hour that might add up. Fortunately I was able to do that all by myself and save those bucks.Update: I bought a second one and had the same device registration issues. It took me 7 tries to get the device registered and on my network. Why? I did the same thing each time.