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CDeze · Sep 1, 2007, 12:32 PM

I just installed the ceiling fan, correctly wired but does not work.

ceilingfanrepair · Sep 1, 2007, 01:13 PM

We need information. Does the fan have pullchains? How did you wire it? Was it a new fan? Does the red LED light up on the remote?

CDeze · Sep 2, 2007, 05:52 AM

Yes, it's a new fan, yes the light in the remote comes on, yes, it has pull chains. I wired it white to white, black & blue to black, and ground to ground. Also, I understand that the fan has to be set on high to work, but it does not work no matter what position I put it in.
I did the logical thing and put the remote in the bag where it belongs, and hooked the fan up without the remote and it works FANtastic.

donf · Sep 2, 2007, 07:05 AM

I know you say you installed the fan properly, but I'm really interested in your wiring.

Was the outlet already there for a fan without a remote (wall switch) or pull chain?

Usually a fan with Black/Blue connected means that there is a light package on the fan. Is the light working properly? When you installed the fan, did you remove the IR sensor packing protection from over the IR sensor on both the remote and fan?

CDeze · Sep 2, 2007, 06:54 PM

Thanks for your response. Yes, the outlet was already there for a fan without a remote. I replaced an old fan (with a light) it's connected to a switch on the wall, the fan itself had two pull chains one for fan and one for the light.

The receiver has an antenna, and there is nothing covered, or nothing to remove for protection, in fact the instructions say nothing of it.

Thanks again.

donf · Sep 2, 2007, 08:28 PM

CDeze,

Ok. If the original wiring was set to accept a wall switch, then the fan, as you describe it is not wired correctly. It appears you have wired around the wall switch. You should have found two black/white pairs in the ceiling, unless the person who put the original fan in wired the load directly to the wall switch and from there to the ceiling.

You should have a source wire in the ceiling. That wire is bringing the 110VAC into the junction box. Once you find the source feed, turn the breaker off. From there the 110 VAC must go down to switch on the wall. You do that with a black/white wire. Connect the two black wires togther in the ceiling box. Now, Using the white wire from the switch connect the black / blue from the fan to the white wire from the switch. Also, take a small amount of black tape and wrap it around the white insulation on the white wire coming from the wall switch. (you do this to designate the white wire as a load carrying wire. Last things tie the white from the source supply to the white from the fan. Tie the bare ground wires together, remount the fan, turn the breaker back on, because we all know you never work on live wires. Flip the switch, When the smoke and flames clear out, retry your remote again, just kidding!

ceilingfanrepair · Sep 3, 2007, 12:02 PM

If it works without the remote kit, chances are the remote kit was defective. Confirm you wired it correctly, and if so, return it.

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donf · Sep 3, 2007, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair

If it works without the remote kit, chances are the remote kit was defective. Confirm you wired it correctly, and if so, return it.

My concern is that the asker inadvertently split the phase of the 110 by wiring the "Whites" together. Of course if he only has black/white and the fan wiring, then the wall switch is wired to the source 110 and the whites would be tied together.

ceilingfanrepair · Sep 4, 2007, 05:18 PM

I don't follow you. If he had a switch loop, and shorted the switch, the fan would still work, in fact it would work all the time.