I apologize is this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find a similar situation:

I'm installing a hampton bay fan with light and remote into a new home rough-in connected to two switches, one for the fan, the other for the light.

Coming out of the ceiling box are white, black, red, and bare wires. Coming out of the fan are four wires, three of which run into the remote receiver box, the other ground getting directly connected to the house ground from the ceiling. Coming OUT of the remote receiver box are just two wires, white and black, which the instructions say to connect to the house's white and black wires respectively.

Done. When I went to turn the circuit back on, it immediately tripped and kept tripping when I tried to switch it back. (I subsequently disconnected the fan wires and the circuit was then fine). I examined the wires coming out of the switches and it appears that there is no white wire attached to either of them. One of them has black and red wires attached, the other had black and black.

Does anyone have any idea as to what might be wrong?

Thanks...

Ok, you cannot use both switches for the light and fan AND the remote. You will have to pick one way to control the fan, not both. Assuming you want to use the remote:

Connect the fan's three wires to the three wires of the same color on that once side of the receiver.

On the other side of the receiver, connect black to the house black and white to the house white. Cap off the red.

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Hi, thanks for your response to my question... you suggested
I "Connect the fan's three wires to the three wires of the same color on that once side of the receiver. On the other side of the receiver, connect black to the house black and white to the house white. Cap off the red."

I understand that... and that's what I did initially (plus connecting the ground wire directly to the house wiring).

I figured I'd only be able to use on switch and the light would be controlled by the remote.

When I connected the receiver black to house black and the receiver white to house white, (the red capped off) the circuit tripped.

I was wondering that since there isn't any white connected to the actual switch, could that be the problem? (the two switches have 1) black and black 2) red and black).

Doesn't neutral have to be connected somewhere on the other end for it to carry the return current? That was the only thing that made sense to me cause if neutral isn't present in the circuit, the current is going back to ground, immediately causing the circuit to trip.



Ok, you cannot use both switches for the light and fan AND the remote. You will have to pick one way to control the fan, not both. Assuming you want to use the remote:

Connect the fan's three wires to the three wires of the same color on that once side of the receiver.

On the other side of the receiver, connect black to the house black and white to the house white. Cap off the red.

Ceiling fan wiring - Ceiling Fans N More (http://www.ceiling-fans-n-more.com/ceiling-fan-wiring.php)

You don't need neutral at the switches, you switc the hot side of the circuit.

Try connecting the fan without the receiver. Black - black, blue - red, white - white. If it works, you have a bad receiver. If it still trips or doesn't work, something is wrong with your wiring.