Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - New Ceiling Fan...Old wiring= Problems! Help!
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crisgo691
12-30-05, 06:40 PM
I just bought a new ceiling fan with a remote. I have a red, white, black and a bare ground coming out of the ceiling. The remote unit (goes in the shroud) has a black and a white that goes to the ceiling wiring somehow. How do I wire the four wires from the ceiling to the two from the remote?? The remote also has a black, white and blue that connects to the black, white and blue from the fan motor. I also have the green ground from the fan wired to the bare ground from the ceiling. I'm guessing I got that much right?
This house is 22 years old so I run into this problem with each old fan I replace. You'd think I'd write down the correct wiring when I finally figure it out each time, huh? Well, I WILL this time. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to offer.
This house is 22 years old so I run into this problem with each old fan I replace. You'd think I'd write down the correct wiring when I finally figure it out each time, huh? Well, I WILL this time. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to offer.
John Nelson
12-30-05, 07:21 PM
Your ceiling box is prewired for a ceiling fan without a remote. It would be useful to know if there are wall switches, and if so how many and whether or not they are in single-pole or 3-way. It would also be useful to know what was mounted to this box previously and how it was connected.
Before putting a fan here, make sure the box is fan-rated. If not, replace it with a fan-rated box.
There are two likely situations here: There are two single-pole switches in one double-gang box at the wall, one for the fan and one for the light. In this case, the black and red wires are probably independently switched. There is just one single-pole switch, or possibly a pair of 3-way switches, on the wall. In this case, the black wire is probably unswitched and the red wire switched.
Other factors that come into play are how you would like the remote to work in combination with the wall switch(es), and exactly what brand and type of remote you have.
If you would like to provide any of the information above, it would help get a better answer.
Or, if you just want to "give it a go", then connect the black input wire on your remote receiver to both the red and black wires from the ceiling. Then connect white to white and ground to ground.
Before putting a fan here, make sure the box is fan-rated. If not, replace it with a fan-rated box.
There are two likely situations here: There are two single-pole switches in one double-gang box at the wall, one for the fan and one for the light. In this case, the black and red wires are probably independently switched. There is just one single-pole switch, or possibly a pair of 3-way switches, on the wall. In this case, the black wire is probably unswitched and the red wire switched.
Other factors that come into play are how you would like the remote to work in combination with the wall switch(es), and exactly what brand and type of remote you have.
If you would like to provide any of the information above, it would help get a better answer.
Or, if you just want to "give it a go", then connect the black input wire on your remote receiver to both the red and black wires from the ceiling. Then connect white to white and ground to ground.