Good morning.

I thought I had this nipped but after two hours and turning the breaker back on; I was disappointed. My question is about the existing wiring.

We wanted to replace a fan in our sons room. It was controlled by a wall switch. The existing wiring from the jbox to the wall switch is:

1xRed
1xBlack
1xWhite

Not complicated :) Here's where I think I messed up. We purchased an additional remote control.

As of now I have the fan w/light & remote wired this way:

From Fan To Remote:

Black to black
Blue to blue
White to white
Green to bare

From Remote to Jbox

Black to black
White to white

And I ignored the Red wire. Of course the fan or light is not working.
Should I have wired the red with the blacks?

TIA
Terry

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Originally Posted by whozitsdad

Good morning.

I thought I had this nipped but after two hours and turning the breaker back on; I was disappointed. My question is about the existing wiring.

We wanted to replace a fan in our sons room. It was controlled by a wall switch. The existing wiring from the jbox to the wall switch is:

1xRed
1xBlack
1xWhite

Not complicated :) Here's where I think I messed up. We purchased an additional remote control.

As of now I have the fan w/light & remote wired this way:

From Fan To Remote:

Black to black
Blue to blue
White to white
Green to bare

From Remote to Jbox

Black to black
white to white

And I ignored the Red wire. Of course the fan or light is not working.
Should I have wired the red with the blacks?

TIA
Terry

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And yes, this fan has both a light and fan chains. It is also a Harbor Breeze - 44" sorry for not adding this earlier.

There should be an additional black and white wire either in the ceiling box, or at the wall switch. Which is it?

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I will also ask:

How many wall switches do you have?

Try switching the red and the black from the ceiling, see if it makes a difference.