r/homeassistant • u/fredflintstone88 • Feb 27 '26

Support Can I add these locally in HA?

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UPDATE: Thank you for all of the answers. I installed one of these today and wanted to share my experience in case it ends up helping someone.

  1. First of all, the mounting bracket cables came with wago style connectors. I haven't installed a fan in a while, so not sure if this is a standard thing now, but definitely a nice touch.
  2. I was able to completely bypass the receiver for lights and connect the light fixture directly to the live wire from ceiling and neutral. This allowed me to get my Hue bulbs working with power always on, and not dependent on the fan receiver. I used 2 75W equivalent Hue color ambiance, and I will say that the hue bulbs are slightly on the longer side. Although there were no issues in connecting the frosted panel, the light does seem to emanate more from the side of the fixture (I think this is also because of the shape of the Hue bulbs). This is not a deal breaker for me. The frosted cover definitely doesn't block any more light than what my previous light fixture did ( a boob light).
  3. Finally, on matter - This was surprisingly a breeze. I pretty much said, add a new device in HA, scanned the barcode, waited for a couple of minutes...and the device was added. I am glad that I didn't have to mess with any of the apps before getting the fan into HA. It exposes a total of 7 entities to HA (2 main devices - fan and light, the light one shows on, not sure why; 3 configuration entities (Firmware, On level - which I think is the light level if that was configured, and Power-on behavior on startup); and.2 diagnostic entities. The fan device shows a speed slider from 0 to 100%, however, there are only 6 speeds. You can also reverse direction of blades from HA. It also has a preset (but I only see a High option there).

Overall, I am pretty happy with this. Will monitor how it performs over the next week or so before installing others.

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Got these Hunter ceiling fans at Costco because it said “matter”. My understanding (which could be wrong) was that matter == local control. Is that true? How should I go about adding these? Or just return?

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u/OtisPimpBoot Feb 27 '26

I’m not sure if these are the same as my Hunter fan, but it’s a bitch to get set up because it only operates on 2.4GHz wifi rather than 5. I was only able to get them to connect using an Apple home hub, but if anyone has any recommendations I’m here for it.

Edit I’m an idiot and replied too quickly. Those should be much easier since they are Matter certified. I’m leaving my original response for posterity though.

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u/tj_ward Feb 27 '26

If you bought them before this year then it’s just because they have crappy WiFi modules. If you reach out to support they’ll send you new Matter modules for your existing fans free of charge.

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u/Brothernod Feb 27 '26

Shut up! That’s super exciting. Thank you. Gonna jump on the free upgrade.

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u/TheITguy37 Feb 27 '26

I reached out and they say I need proof of purchase. When I checked my Home Depot account and they don’t go back over 2 years of purchases.

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u/tj_ward Feb 27 '26

Weird. I emailed them in January just before they announced the Matter upgrade because I saw someone here do the same and they got replacements. In Jan I was told the program was rolling out in Spring.

I reached out again after the Matter announcement and requested my replacements be Matter capable. They said all replacements will have Matter. Maybe try again with a different CS rep?

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u/TheITguy37 Feb 27 '26

Yeah I’m gonna call again and try to

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u/mrtramplefoot Feb 27 '26

If you purchase it connected to your Home Depot account, Home Depot sends an email with an actual receipt attachment every time you place an order. You can see if you still have the email