Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Did I connect this right?
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derek
10-24-05, 08:02 AM
I had a ten year old ceiling fan that was no longer working, so I decided to replace it. The fan had a switch for the light and a seperate switch for the fan. When I removed the old fan, there was a black wire, white wire, and a red wire coming from the outlet box, connections where black to black, white to white, red to a blue wire in the fixture.
My new fan has a remote, so the were only black and white. I connected the black and white fixture wires to the black and white outlet wires. The red outlet wire, I put a wire nut on, and taped it up. One wall switch now turns power on to the fixture, the other doesn't work at all, which I assumed would happen.
Is this correct? The fan,light, and remote all work fine, but my wife thought she heard a pop noise when she turned the power wall switch off last night, but I couldn't get it do do it when I tried.
My new fan has a remote, so the were only black and white. I connected the black and white fixture wires to the black and white outlet wires. The red outlet wire, I put a wire nut on, and taped it up. One wall switch now turns power on to the fixture, the other doesn't work at all, which I assumed would happen.
Is this correct? The fan,light, and remote all work fine, but my wife thought she heard a pop noise when she turned the power wall switch off last night, but I couldn't get it do do it when I tried.
John Nelson
10-24-05, 09:49 AM
You connected it correctly. The pop was probably just a noise made by the remote receiver, but it's something to keep an eye on.
When you have a fan with a remote, the wall switches generally become useless. With some, but not all, kinds of remotes, the wall switch can still be used to turn on the light.
When you have a fan with a remote, the wall switches generally become useless. With some, but not all, kinds of remotes, the wall switch can still be used to turn on the light.
derek
10-24-05, 09:54 AM
I only use the fan in summer, so I just have the light on and always use the wall switch to turn it on and off. If this remote is anything like my others I'll never be able to find it anyway.
Thanks !
Thanks !
John Nelson
10-24-05, 01:04 PM
You might, therefore, consider removing the remote receiver from the fan and reverting to straight wall control. That is a better solution for many people.
derek
10-24-05, 02:04 PM
How would I do that. Coming out of the fixture are four wires, black,white, orange, and blue. Which would I connect to the black,white, and red?
John Nelson
10-24-05, 02:39 PM
Do the fan's instructions identify the function of each of those four wires (black, white, orange and blue)?
When you installed the fan, was the remote receiver a separate box you wired in up at the ceiling?
Is there a grounding wire in the ceiling, and/or from the fan?
Are you in North America?
When you installed the fan, was the remote receiver a separate box you wired in up at the ceiling?
Is there a grounding wire in the ceiling, and/or from the fan?
Are you in North America?