As the subject says, I bought 7 new SBB Minka-Aire 6-speed fans when I built my house. All are the same model with 6 installed and another that was waiting for install. After 4 years, two of the controller/receivers have failed. I swapped one with the now “spare” fan that was still in its box.
Today, a second receiver seems to have failed. I can get it to respond with the remote to reset itself and perform a factory reset, but the Bond Wifi AP never shows up. This is the same issue I had with the first one last summer.
Everywhere I look for the part number, LW0010464000, is out of stock and backordered until September. Plus the vendors want half-as-much or more than if I just bought a new fan.
These are all DC fans so I suspect I cannot just replace it with a non-DC fan controller, or am I mistaken? Are there other options like a universal controller/receiver, SBB or otherwise? I spent $400 per fan 5 years ago and am starting to feel like I should have just bought the cheapo HD/Lowes specials instead.