I swapped out the canopy from my son’s room that wasn’t working well with a new one that I opened today. I factory reset the old canopy before I removed it and then installed the new canopy. I wired it up and installed it. I left the previous zwave fan/light switch still installed. I paired the existing switch to the new canopy. It paired successfully and I was able to control the fan and light.
Pic of original canopy
Pic of new canopy
Installed
I then installed a new ceiling fan in an adjacent room. Hampton Bay Holly Springs This room now has a New fan/light switch that was opened today and the canopy from my son’s room that was disconnecting. I had a heck of a time getting the canopy to fit. I had to get the dremel out and cut out a notch in the down rod and attachment to route wiring. The wires would restrict the canopy from sliding in.
(let me know if anyone needs any dremel services… LOL)
Pic of wiring
Super Tight fit
Antenna poking out
I turned the power on and I was unable to pair the new switch to the old canopy. I went back to my son’s room and pressed the light button and it turned on the light in his room and the new room. I pressed the fan button and it did the same. One switch was controlling 2 canopies. I then did the reset canopy command from my son’s switch and then turned off the circuit breaker for both of our rooms. I turned on the new room and was able to pair the new switch with the old canopy and had it working. I then turned on the circuit breaker for my son’s room and the switch was already paired with the canopy and would control the light and fan.
Everything was now setup and working properly. I then paired the new room’s switch to Hubitat and then did a z-wave repair.
Fast forward about 30 minutes and then BOTH rooms lost connectivity to the canopies. I pulled the airgap in each room and it started working again. Then about 30 minutes later the new room lost connectivity to the canopy and then my son’s did about 15 minutes later.
So now things seem even more finicky.
To recap, I now have 3x rooms set up. My daughter’s room is working perfectly and has never lost communication to the canopy. It’s been about 3 days of being installed. My son’s room has had issues since day 1. I installed a new canopy. Still not working. I now have a 3rd installed and it is losing connection as well. Installing the 3rd seems to have increased the rate of disconnects.
All 3 rooms switches are about a 6 foot radius from each other.
Do light bulbs make a difference? My daughter’s room has 6x Philips candelabra bulbs installed - No drops
My Son’s room and the new room both use the same Philips bulbs. 2x in his and 3x in mine.
I’m grasping at straws…