Is anyone else experiencing a problem with FanLinc's that stop working at a particular speed?
Over the years I have had a 100% failure rate on all the FanLinc's I have ever owned. The originals fail, the RMA fails, what is going on?
±8 FanLinc's have failed always the same way, one of the speeds stops woking (usually HIGH). So on HIGH the fan either stops or spins slower than LOW, and sometimes with a hum.
FACTS:
- This is not the same fan that fails. It has happened on Minka Aire, Modern Fan, Casablanca brands. So its not the fan make/model.
- I checked with Minka Aire tech, he wanted the microfarad ratings for the FanLinc ( OFF= 0, LOW=4.7, MED=8.2, HIGH=infinity ) he approved the specs from SmartLabs as OK
- The failed fans are in different locations.
- The only common element is the FanLinc
- Many forums (Insteon, Smarthome...) have had discussions from others experiencing this. Some report MED stops, some HIGH.
- The last RMA was only 3 months ago, and now it has lost HIGH. The Smarthome agent stated to me "It's not one of our better products". Gee thanks!
- When I replace the FanLinc with a new one everything works, until it fails.