I just replaced a ceiling fan in my room with another.
The previous fan had no remote but did have 2 pull chains 1 for fan and 1 for light.

On the wall are 2 switches. 1 for the fan and 1 for the light.

In the instructions on installing the new fan it only gave instructions for a 3 wire set up including the ground.

My room has 4 wires. 1 black , 1 red, 1 white and 1 bare (ground).

The new fan has no pull chains only a remote.

When I wire the fan according to the instructions there is no placement of the red wire so I leave the red wire unattached and capped off all works fine. ALL BUT the one switch on the wall to turn on the light. And it seems the light either goes on or off with the remote no dimming although on the remote it says dimmer.

I figure that's where the red wire comes in.

My question is WHERE DO I CONNECT THE RED WIRE?

Thanks.

PS: I am not yelling.. just trying highlight the main statements. The fan is a Harbor Breeze brand.

If the fan only has two wires (black/white) + ground then it's designed to operate on only one switch. If it claims to be a dimmer unt, the dimmer control must be on the remote - not the wall.

If the fan has three wires + ground, one of the color wires (usually blue) is for the light, which you could/should hook up to your red lead.

When I wire the fan according to the instructions there is no placement of the red wire so I leave the red wire unattached and capped off all works fine. ALL BUT the one switch on the wall to turn on the light. And it seems the light either goes on or off with the remote no dimming although on the remote it says dimmer.Like US says, the ONLY way to control the light is with the remote. The fan is designed that way.

You did right to cap off the red, and the one wall switch will now do nothing.


Did you try holding down the light button on the remote to dim the fan?

Stan is correct.