Westinghouse 7787400 Thermostat Ceiling Fan and Light Remote Control for Fans

It works like nothing else.
It works like nothing else. My remote is branded Hampton Bay model# 838-956, controlling a Hunter ceiling fan in the bedroom. I use this gadget every night in the summer for the past 4 years, so I can raise the air conditioning setpoint and save some energy. Ceiling fans use less energy than central AC.

This wireless ceiling fan thermostat and light control works, but has some quirks:
1. the wireless range may be 50-feet in open air, but it had occasional problems with penetrating a shallow partition wall (4 inches of drywall and studs in the same room) at 8-foot-range. Every 3-4 months in the middle of the night, the light receiver would get a spurious signal and go to 100% on, waking us up - this was fixed by relocating the remote to direct line-of-sight.

2. The thermostat has the annoying feature of unadjustable 4-degrees-F differential between fan-speeds when in AUTO-FAN mode. That makes it simple but I would prefer to adjust the differential as...

Works perfectly and installed easily
I wanted to wait a few weeks before reviewing this remove control. I found it very easy to install because all of the wires matched the colors of the wires on the ceiling fan I was installing. Maybe that's the key. I installed it at the same time I installed a new ceiling fan. A retrofit is probably more cumbersome. The control box you need to mount inside of the fan fit snugly because it's kind of large. I ended up having to use heavy duty two sided tape. I wanted a remote control for my ceiling fan so I didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to turn it on or off. Once I learned what button to push on the remote, I found I could easily do it with my eyes closed. Being able to set a temperature for the fan to come on or a timer so the fan turns off after a period of time was a bonus. The light button can turn the light kit on or off and even dim. Since it keeps the last dim setting, you can set it at say 50% power so when you turn it on in the morning it doesn't blind you...

Westinghouse 7787400 Thermostat Ceiling Fan and Light Remote Control
Works like a charm; was easy enough to install with a little electrical background and experience. We use it in the room with the wood burner to circulate the heat. This is our second. Wehad one in a previous house and it worked great also.

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