A simple thing like this, but premanufactured. I scoured the internet trying to find one (at a reasonable price) and there is nothing. I would make one myself, but I just don’t have the time currently to do that.

I need it for a mains fan control. Doesn’t have to be fancy (all of the ones I encoutered were very fancy, with touch sliders and whatnot), 5 steps is enough, on/off control as well as speed control through the remote. Nothing fancy, as I said, 5 steps is more than enough. So, basically, just 3 buttons on the remote: on/off, + and - is all I need.

Also, I don’t need smart/phone/app solutions, I would like it to just have a remote, that’s it.

  • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, saw these on AliExpress as well. They’re not cheap, they’re like $20. I was looking for something fairly simple, like $3 to $5, nothing fancy. I would even be OK with just 3 levels if it was fairly cheap.

    Oh well, I guess I’m gonna have to make one myself… simple things are off the table on online shops from what I can see.

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      2 months ago

      You can’t use a normal dimmer to control a fan. I searched for “fan controller 110v” on AliExpress and found some for <10€, but I don’t know which of them are good.

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      2 months ago

      20$ is pretty reasonable for what it is, including the remote and everything. And sonoff, while not UL listed, is reputable enough that I would trust it not to catch on fire, which would probably not be the case for a 5$ controller.

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        2 months ago

        Might be cheap for western salaries, I make about 10K euros a year 🤷.

        I can mod the controller to not catch fire… I just need a PCB anyway, I don’t need the case.