Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    kbpierce's Avatar
    kbpierce Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #1

    May 20, 2012, 08:21 PM
    Ceiling Fan with two switches and a remote
    Hello All:
    I have searched everything I can think of and still can't figure out my issue.

    I just purchased a hunter highbury fan with a remote. The room is pre-wired with two switches but only a light was installed.

    Out of the junction box there is are the standard 4 wires. Neutral, Black, White and Red.

    I was able to hook everything up through the remote control, ignoring the second light switch. I have two questions.

    1. If the light or fan are on and I turn the light switch OFF, then back ON I have to turn everything back on with the remote. It is like the remote does not maintain the ON/OFF status. (As a note the remote is connected between the power out of the junction back and the fan/light).

    2. Can connect this so it will utilize the remote AND the two light switches? I tried just hooking up this up several ways WITHOUT the remote(transmitter) between but never had any luck. Coming out of the fan is a WHITE, BLACK and a BLACK/WHITE STRIPE wire, plus a ground.
    If having the remote PLUS the TWO wall switches is not an option, it seems I could remove the transmitter and hook from the junction box to the fan/light. BLACK to BLACK, WHITE to WHITE and RED to BLACK/WHITE STRIPE. Anyone see a reason this might not work? It was not working for me earlier, but I might have missed something.

    Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to supply.

    Thanks
    Kp

Check out some similar questions!

Wiring for a remote control ceiling fan with two switches [ 4 Answers ]

I am installing a hunter ceiling fan remote (the fan has pull chains). I have two switches on the wall one for the lights and one for the fan. So coming from the ceiling is 4 wires black, red, white, copper. The fan has a black, blue, green, white. The receiver has black (hot), white (neu), black...

Wiring a ceiling fan with light, remote and 2 wall switches [ 1 Answers ]

My new Harbor Breeze Avian comes with a remote, ceiling fan and light. My previous ceiling fan worked off two switches, one for the light and one for the fan. To get it to work, we wired black to black, white to white and red to blue. But now it only works off the 2 switches and the remote does not...

Ceiling fan wiring with transmitter, remote, and 2 switches? [ 1 Answers ]

I installed a few other fans in the house that didn't have remotes and they were very easy to install/wire. I am trying to install an outdoor ceiling fan at my house which is brand new and had a prewire installed during construction. The fan I am installing in a Hampton Bay Veranda II which has...

Trying to wire ceiling fan switch and 2-3way light switches for ceiling lht/fan combo [ 5 Answers ]

I have 1 single pole switch for fan, and 2 three way switches to run light only. The power in is by the double box that will house the fan switch and the #1 light 3way. The other box houses the other three way switch. My fan switch is turning the light on and off, the three ways are doing nothing....

How do I correctly wire a new ceiling fan (with a remote) when there are 2 switches? [ 9 Answers ]

I am trying to replace an old ceiling fan (that had a light) with a newer version that has a remote to control both the light and fan. The old fan was wired to work on 2 separate switches - one for the light (I'll call it switch #1) and one for the fan (switch #2). There is a third switch in the...


View more questions Search
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.