What is a land wire... I'm trying to hang up a ceiling fan with a remote and I have never heard of the term land wire... is this the copper wire?

The copper or green wire is called Ground, other areas may be called earth ground.
Sounds like something lost in translation.
Earth, land, and ground are similar words?
LAN wiring is something else.

I do tons of fans and have not heard this term.

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Originally Posted by ballengerb1

I do tons of fans and have not heard this term.

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Same here.
In all my years I have never heard this term. :confused:

I bet it's a Chinese translation thing.

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Originally Posted by stanfortyman

Same here.
In all my years I have never heard this term. :confused:

I bet it's a Chinese translation thing.

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You know I'll bet your are right on that translation thing, seen funny stuff before from China.

Here's a few: Funny Chinese Signs Gallery, China

Well in the world of electronics a land is a connection point.

But the fan is not an electronic device. Could this possibly relate to the remotes receiver?

Personally, I like the "Translation error" best.

I had a light fixture and was instructed to connect to dirt. Since I had the hot and neutral connected I figured dirt was ground.

Looks like you stumped the experts.

My guess is land = earth = ground.

Bal I love the "connect to dirt".

I wonder if that unit was UL listed.

Thought I heard of everything.