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here is a diagram of the situation. Everything you see is highvoltage 120 V wiring. This is a remote module controling a fan/light combo. The module needs a hot at all times and a neutral. pressing buttons on the remote will change speed of the fan and the light along with timer functions for both fan and light. this module is the only way to control the fan, with diferents speeds and direction, there are no pull chains on the fan.
The annoyance is the fact that the wall switch doesnt do anything. and to turn on the light when you enter or leave the room you have to find the remote. very annoying. i suppose the easiest thing to do would be to disconnect the light socket from the control module , cap it off, and connect it to the red wire which would be conected to a switch. I would have then 120v always on the control module to control the fan and fan speeds( it could still switch the light SL wire but it would be capped off) and then have the lights controled from a SP switch. This would be a compromise. I would be a treat to have the light controlled from the remote as well as the wall switch.
NOw the biggest problem for me is to keep everything hidden, i have a decent amount of room in the switchbox, some in the octagon and some in the canopy of the light.
The module does work off of low voltage, there is a transformer in the module.I was kinda thinking having the light sl coming off the module go to the coil of an AC relay, have the contacts interupt a lv source( tapped off the module supply) going to a pin on a XOR gate. then have lv source,( supplyed from battteries maybe?) in switch box going up red wire to other leg of XOR gate. The output of XOR gate thhrows relay with LV coil to switch on Light.
potential problems. Size of relays, Is the psu in module AC or DC( need to rectify anything). with the switch on the wall; perhaps send down lv source to $ and ground it. Microcontroller could read this as change in state.
Like i said i am more familiar with electronics than most commoners but still a newbie. I am thinging i may just have to bypass the module control of the light and use a regular 120V switch. I just like trying to figure out if i can make stuff do what i want, how i want it. If anyone has any insight im mopen to suggestions. I understand its kind of a silly project. i jsut find it fun to brainstorm this stuff out.
ps. heres a link to the fan/light controller. similar to the one in my light
http://www.insteon.net/2475F-fanlinc-ceiling-fan-light-controller.html