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    Aug 4, 2006, 08:30 PM
    Minka aire as a replacement wiring question
    My question relates to a minka aire ceiling fan that I just installed to replace another ceiling fan.

    The old fan had two switches on the wall that controlled the light and the fan.

    The new fan came with a transmitter switch that is supposed to control the fan and light.

    I removed the old fan. There was one ground wire, one white wire, one black wire, and one red wire.

    On the new fan's receiver, the black receives the black, the white receives the white, and the ground receives the green. I capped the red wire from the ceiling. From the receiver, the colors get matched to the rest of the fan motor and light. Blue to blue, green to green, black to black, and white to white.

    I think I'm OK, so far.

    The problem I'm having is the new switch, which is supposed to be wired in "series."

    The two previous switches were black, white, ground and red, white ground.

    I removed the black, white, ground switch. The new transmitter switch has a ground, and two black wires.

    Here I am stuck.

    In the diagram it shows the transmitter switch with the two black wires as being "between" the fan and the power. I'm not sure what to do about the white wire I capped and I'm not sure what to do with the two black wires on the transmitter switch.

    The switchbox only has four wires, ground, red, black, and white.

    Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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    Aug 4, 2006, 08:37 PM
    Ok, your old fan had two switches to control the fan and light separately, from the same location, or two switches to control the fan and light together from two different locations?
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    Aug 4, 2006, 08:43 PM
    The old fan was controlled from a single electrical box with two switches.

    One switch turned the fan on and off. The other switch turned the light on and off.
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    Aug 4, 2006, 09:00 PM
    Ok it's pretty simple. Your new switch wires in place of ONE of the old switches, just leave the other one in place.

    Then the fan wires to either the black or red wire (cap off the other) and white.
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    Aug 4, 2006, 09:07 PM
    That's very close to what I've done.

    I capped the red in the ceiling. Black to black. White to white. Ground to ground.

    In the switchbox, I removed the switch with the black wire, leaving the one with a red wire in place.

    I capped the white wire as it says not to attach to the new transmitter switch. I attached the ground to ground. I attached the two black wires on the new transmitter switch to the black wire from the switchbox.

    It doesn't work.
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    Aug 4, 2006, 11:19 PM
    The switch you removed, what two wires were attached to it?
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    Aug 5, 2006, 12:30 AM
    I did some searching on the web and in a situation like mine (another minka aire wiring discussion), it sounded like you basically replace the old switch with the new switch using the same wires--actually attaching the white to complete the circuit. As I recall the explanation, this is essentially a series wiring scheme with the fan as described in the instructions because the original switch was wired in series? Sounded good to me.

    So, on the new switch, I attached ground to ground, black to black with label "to power," and white to black with label "to fan."

    I don't know if it's correct, but the fan (dimmer, speeds) works like a charm now. Hopefully, my house won't burn down. :D

    To answer your question, my removed switch had ground, black, and white.

    Thanks for your help.
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    Aug 5, 2006, 05:34 AM
    Yes, then you wired it as I would have suggested. It should be fine.

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