[Mattskiii]

Just installed my Harbor Breeze L05BN ceiling fan. Fan works great. Light won't turn on. Had a ceiling fan before in this area (office). Coming from the electrical box in ceiling I have red, white, black and copper wires (the black wire was not previously used and the copper wire is screwed onto the electrical box box - ground?). Connected the red to the fan's remote receiver black (power-in) wire and the white to the fan's remote receiver white (nuetral/common-in) wire (these are the only 2 wires available on receiver on the input side. On the other side of receiver (output side) there are black (power), white (common), and blue (light) wires. These simply connect to the fan's black, white, and blue wires accordingly. As I've said, fan works great (everything powered by remote). I replaced the bulb and checked all wire connections to no avail. Note: The electrician who installed previous fan wired it so that I have 2 wall switches (1 for fan, 1 for light). I've turned both on/off and still, no light. Any advice would be appreciated. I am stumped... Thanks so much! -Matt C.

[donf]

Matt,

Sorry for the delay, but the weekend got in the way and for some strange reason our nephews wanted to be at the beach, go figure!

Let's start at the beginning. I need to understand your wiring.

Your original set-up had a switch for the light (red wire?) and a switch for the fan (black wire?). The white should have been the feeder from the source in the ceiling to the switch with Black and Red as the returns to unit.

Now, do you have a remote wall switch to replace the snap switches on the wall or do you just have a hand held remote.

If the above switch configuration is correct we now need to determine the source of the feed to the switches.

Begin by looking in the ceiling connection. If there is a white wire connected to a black wire in the ceiling, then you have a switch loop.

If the source of the power comes from the feed to the switches , then we have a different route to go.

First let's look at the ceiling.

Turn the breaker off, if there is a white wire connected to the black, disconnect the white wire and cap it off. Then disconnect the red and black wires from the switch and cap them off.

Now, connect the black in the ceiling to the black on the receiving unit and the white in the ceiling to the white on the receiving unit.

Next, verify that the switches on the receiving unit in the appliance match the switches on the sending unit. MUST DO!

With that done, turn the breaker back on and test the unit.

If it now works correctly, then, remove the faceplate over the switches and the switches.

If the switches are fed from an receptacle, then do not touch the device box, instead, let me know.
Cap all of the wires inside the device box with wire nuts and tuck them back inside the box.

Get a blank faceplate (no openings) and place that over the opening where the of the device box.

[jerro]

Make sure the pull chain for the light is in the on position

[donf]

Please read the original post again, Jerro. This is a remote controlled fan.