How to Wire a Ceiling Fan Remote
You can become the ultimate couch potato by wiring a remote control to your ceiling fan. A remote allows you to easily control fan speed and dim the fan lights without getting up from the couch. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Safety goggles
- Step ladder
- Screwdriver
- Ceiling fan remote
- Orange wire nuts
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Instructions
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Turn off the electricity that powers the ceiling fan by turning off the breaker in the main panel.
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Remove the ceiling fan canopy. The canopy is located on the ceiling and attaches to the hanging bracket with four or more screws.
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Locate the black and white power wires in the ceiling fan electrical box. The power wires trace all the way back to the breaker panel, and supply the electricity to the ceiling fan.
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Disconnect the white wire from the power supply and the white wire from the ceiling fan by removing the wire nut that is twisted onto the two wires. Disconnect the black power supply wire from the black wire connected to the ceiling fan. The wire labeled "light kit" will also be connected with these two wires with the same wire nut. Untwist the wire nut to disconnect these three wires.
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Identify the ceiling fan remote receiver. The remote receiver will either be round or rectangular, with two sets of wires attached at opposite ends from each other. One set of wires will be the power supply set and consist of a black wire and a white wire. The other set will consist of a black wire, white wire and a wire labeled "light kit"--this is the ceiling fan side of the receiver.
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Install the remote receiver to the power supply. Connect the black wire from the power supply to the black wire on the power supply side of the receiver by twisting an orange wire nut onto the two wires. Connect the white wire from the power supply to the white wire on the power supply side of the receiver by twisting an orange wire nut onto them.
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Install the remote receiver to the ceiling fan. Connect the black wire from the ceiling fan to the black wire on the ceiling fan side of the remote receiver by twisting an orange wire nut onto the two black wires. Connect the white wire from the ceiling fan to the white wire on the ceiling fan side of the receiver by twisting an orange wire nut onto these two wires. Connect the final wires, both labeled "light kit," by twisting an orange wire nut onto them.
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Push all wires into the electrical box. Set the remote receiver into the canopy and attach the canopy back to the hanging bracket with the screws you removed in step two.
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Turn on the electricity that powers the ceiling fan by turning on the breaker in the main panel.
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Tips & Warnings
Always make sure that the electricity is off to the area you are working in to avoid electrical shock.
References
- Photo Credit Ceiling Fan image by Towards Ithaca from Fotolia.com
