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    May 19, 2010, 07:09 PM
    Ceiling fan electrical diagram
    I have a Hampton Bay fan with a wireless controller model # FAN 2R CWE; FCC ID L3HJAN95FAN2R

    The wireless controller is not working any longer and I would like to find out what wire(s) I need to connect together in order to just remove it and thus control the fan solely from a dual light/fan wall switch. The controller has a circuit board that controls if the fan or light is on and at what speed. I need to know how to bypass it.
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    May 19, 2010, 08:07 PM

    We need to know more about your home's wiring to answer this. Since you say dual switch we can assume there are 4 wires entering the canopy area and connect to the remote. You need to cionfirm this and then answer a question. When you open the canopy do you see a black, white green and a blue? The blue one could actually be a second black making 2 black. If you have this now inspect the input side of the remote. Does it have just a white, black, and green?
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    May 19, 2010, 09:52 PM

    I don't know what your capabilities are, but here are some ceiling fan schematics.

    Ceiling Fand wiring Diagrams

    PROBABLY the controller selects parallel combinations of capacitors to vary the speed, but as you can see it's difficult since there are various methods to control fan speed.

    If you do a search, one of the windings will have a slightly lower resistance. And I can't remember which one is the winding with the cap. Look for PSC motor winding identification.

    The reversing switch is just as complicated to wire and you probably don't need it. Conceptionally, it swaps the "polarity" of the winding.

    CeilingFanParts.com Home has various capacitors and switches available.

    The highest speed (assuming a 3 wire capacitor) is both capacitors in parallel (the largest capacitance). Capacitors in parallel add value.
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    May 22, 2010, 08:00 PM

    The Fan has input wires of Black, White and Green. The Output to the non-working wireless controller are Orange, Black, Gray, White, Peach/Pink, Yellow

    I suspect that one of these wires it what controls the lights since there is no Blue wire.
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    May 22, 2010, 09:35 PM

    As I said, your on your own. Putting a 60 W light bulb in series with the fan when your playing with it may help with keeping in the magic smoke.

    On the inut side you know white is N, Black is Line and Green is ground.

    White is probably connected to white on the output side too.

    One of the wires goes to the lamps and controlled by the dimmer in the module. Might not be connected to a relay.

    One of the wires likely goes to a capacitor whose values are put in parallel to control the speeds.

    Then two wires go to a winding to control the direction. L & N polarities get reversed to this winding.

    I can't tell you what wires to use. With an ohmmeter and examining the circuit, you should be able to tell what goes where.

    Lights are easy.

    There will be two windings, one with a slightly different resistance value. The aux (winding with cap) has the greater resistance. See http://www.ece.wisc.edu/~lipo/2000pub/00-04.PDF
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    May 24, 2010, 10:42 AM

    KISS, you know I detest those diagrams. I agree with your light bulb idea (did you get it from me) but a 150 watt bulb works better, 60 watts is very low.

    If the fan doesn't have pullchains I recommend against bypassing the receiver. If you have to ask how to do it, it's more trouble than it's worth.

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