Light too bright -- steps to disable it
The wall control works great but, as others have said (for this model and the previous WC212), when the power switch is on, the built-in LED backlight is unbelievably bright in a dark room (e.g., a bedroom). If this were in a kitchen and you wanted a night light, this would work OK, but in a bedroom or a rec room where you may watch TV in the dark, it is just horrible.
I was able to figure out where the LED light is and disable it, however, so while the backlight will never work again for me, that's fine and I no longer have to cover the darn thing up with electrical tape in order to sleep at night. I'm not having luck getting pictures up, but here's written instructions for disabling the light. It looks worse than it is -- about a 10-15 minute job total, including wiring it back into the wall.
1) Turn power circuit off and disconnect the controller from the wall.
2) There are 4 screws that hold the metal mounting bracket on. Unscrew them and remove the...
Inadequate information in description
Part turned out to be the wrong part. Despite all the information on the web site being correct and the appearance of the product being identical to the needed part, the part has two sets of dip switches and thus will not work. Product needs more complete description
works great
I own 2 of these for 2 different Minka Aire Concept II fans. Works without interference, but the led bulb isn't as bright on this one. Not really a complaint, just worth pointing out.
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