david-kalbermatten
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2 years ago 
I think this has been solved by HA in the meantime. They added the option to specify what type of appliance is running behind a switch. Alternatively, you could also wrap the device with the Template Fan integration.
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It is posible to configure your shelly device using ShellyForHass to report to Home assitant and a Light rather than a Switch. using code similar to the following
devices: #configure devices
sometimes you can use these switches to control a fan, such as in a bathroom, just as changing the identity of the Shelly device to be a light rather than a switch changes the default icon Home Assitant uses, seting the device to be identified a s afan does the same thing.
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Add support to identify the Shelly device as other types of devices, such as Fan, Cover, sensor etc. rather than just light and switch.
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the approch I have taken to overcome this shortcomming is to use MQTT rather than native support fo shelly and they identify the device as a Fan that way.
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