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diningroomfan
Aug 19, 2009, 10:47 AM
Customer has ceiling fan which is only remote control. We want to wire a wall 3-speed wall switch instead of the remote. The fan unit only has intrernal wiring for the remote use. It has 4 wires going to the motor for speed control. How do I connect these wires to a single incoming hot wire having the speeds contolled by the wall switch?

ceilingfanrepair
Sep 2, 2009, 07:20 PM
Won't work, because the motor requires capacitors to operate, which are built into the remote receiver UNLESS the fan has pullchains and/or only 3 wires into the receiver.