[jlo_one]

I did away with the remote receiver and wish to use the wall switch only:

I have a wall switch labeled "general purpose ceiling fan control - non solid state." Now this switch has one lever that operates the fan from off to high,medium, L1, L2. Below that lever is another lever that operates the light from off to high or to low. This general purpose switch has three wires coming out the back; black, red, yellow.

At the wall I have a ceiling feed that consists of black, red and white. The red is capped off.

At the ceiling I have red, black white, green wires. The red is capped off. At the ceiling from the fan I have a "bundle" of wires that go to a modular connector. This connector went to the remote receiver. It has 7 (seven) colors; black, white, red, yellow, gray, orange, purple.

I have experimented, and by removing the red wire at the back of the wall switch, I can use the lower lever to provide off, high and low at the black and white wires at the modular connector.

Now, how can I make the fan work? I have a loose red wire from the back of the "general purpose wall switch" and a bunch of wires at the modular connector.

Thank you,
:)

Ps- this is a Hampton Bay Redington III fan/light

[ceilingfanrepair]

Unfortunately, due to the modular connector, it will be difficult if not impossible to use the fan without the remote. Does the remote have a reverse function or is it a switch on the fan?

[jlo_one]

Thank you for responding to my question. The remote has a reverse on it. Here’s the remote: at the top, LIGHT/DIMMER; below that, LO,MED,HI; below that, FAN/OFF;below that REVERSE.

The wall switch has a turn handle switch for the fan with:

Off, H, M, L1, L2 (no reverse on wall switch), below this is a slider switch for the light with:

Low, Off, High

I’m wondering if I can splice into the modular connector and be able to run the fan from the wall switch and attain the various speeds? Where/how are the speeds attained (in the wall switch or the ceiling)?

Thank you again,
Jlo

[ceilingfanrepair]

No, you cant, because the reverse function and presumably the motor capacitors are in the remote receiver. You will need to use the receiver and remote. I am sorry.

[jlo_one]

Thank you for responding. So the speed mechanism is in the receiver unit. I know we have limited time here, but if I put the receiver unit back in can I "hardwire" (by pass the remote function) the unit to the wall switch? This is really a challenge.

How can I get the wiring diagram for this fan? Maybe I can make more sense of it if I had a road map :(

I just thought of something, it must be the remote unit that went faulty in the first place. The remote control lights up so it must be all right. I'm back to replacing the remote unit to put it back the way it was :-)

Thank you,

[ceilingfanrepair]

Unfortunately you can not use the fan without the remote control. There is no bypass function (unless there is a bypass switch which some older fans have).

[jlo_one]

Any place I can get the schematic for the fan? If the fan takes 110Volts at full speed then I should be able to hardwire it. Then I only need to figure what the fan requires to reduce the speeds (with the proper amperage?).

Thank you,

[ceilingfanrepair]

Schematics are not available to my knowledge. If you are handy with electronics you can try to figure it out yourself.. . I say just take it back and exchange it for a fan without a remote.

[jlo_one]

I will continue to try to figure it out. Perhaps the manufacturer sells a kit to convert it to a non-remote fan/light? Thank you for trying!

[ceilingfanrepair]

No they don't. You're giving Hampton Bay WAYYYYYYYYY too much credit. Read some of the other posts on here :)

I have converted a couple of older remote fans to work without a remote. I had to open up the receiver and determine what was doing the switching, then separate the wires. There will be a DPDT relay for the reverse function, and probably 3 large AC capacitors for the 3 speeds.