Zigbee Fan Canopy Module | Project Cheryl

Some of the fancy ceiling fans have the capability to do “natural wind” mode, where the fan speed would randomly go between low and middle (and high?), with random duration before each speed change.

So on the SW side, would we be able to code this into one of the “modes” that the canopy module would support, so that, idk, I could brag about this tangible “upgrade” to our otherwise bland ceiling fan, and thus improving the approval rate / acceptance in the family, while being a hero in my family of not buying an entire fan altogether (reducing land waste or whatever) just for the fancy natural wind feature? (I know some of the us would totally do that.)

WAF is no joke. :slight_smile:

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On the HW side, for testers out there, please help make sure that the canopy module being able to accommodate inrush currenct, which per wikipedia page could be several times of their normal full-load current… or at least the module has the design considerations to accommodate so. I have read it somewhere else that the inrush being 5x, 7x, 10x of full load.

After all, some of the bigger ceiling fans comes with relatively powerful (AC) motors. And we don’t want something up high being prone to overheat. If we take 7x to estimate, 2Amp load could draw up to 14A before we reach full speed.

Alternatively, we can code some starting sequence…? Say, if you want the fan to go high speed, the module would help move it to low for x seconds, and then mid for y seconds, before moving to high…?