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    Jul 25, 2007, 10:25 AM
    Wiring ceiling fan
    I am replacing a ceiling fan. It has 3 wires in ceiling, white, red and black. The fan I am relacing the old one with does not have pull chains. It has a remote box that mounts with the fan. There are only two wires that match to the ceiling side the white and the back What do I do with the red wire? There are four wire on the other side of remote reciver that match to the fan itself white black blue and orange.
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    Jul 25, 2007, 12:43 PM
    You cap off the red wire.

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