Naio wrote:
Is there any reason I can't wire an on/off switch at some distance away, like by the bed?
Simply put: NO, No reason at all you can't do that..
HOWEVER
Fantastic fans (if that is what you have) come in two flavors
one has an automatic feature if a sensor gets wet, it shuts off and closes the lid,, the other kind (Which I have) does not have this feature, if it rains, it rains.. IN unless I get up and close the lid
IF you have the automatic kind... Well then you will need to run a 2 wire line from the unit to the bed in order to shut off the fan without disabling the auto-close
Or you can wire a full remote, but I don't know how to do that.