Re: Installing a ceiling fan

If you only have the Black, Red, White, ground in the Junction box and
nothing else, then You are probably only dealing with a Hot and 2 Switch
Legs.

Many times electricians will wire up the Power Feed to the Light/Fan and Run
a Switch Leg down to the Switch. So in the Case of just one switch you would
only have Black, White & Ground. Hot would come in on Back, go through the
Switch and then back out the White to the device. So there would be no
Neutral in the Junction box even though there is a White.

In the Case of the Black, Red, White, you would have the Hot come in on the
Black, Feed it to the 2 Switches and then back out on the Red and White to
control the Fan and the Light Separately.

Scott<-
"newbee" <srikanth.raghavan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's probably it. Thanks for your feedback. I will check it today
evening.

SR.

Mark Lloyd wrote:
That remote probably has only one power input, rather than the 2 for
the fan/light. You don't have a place to connect red. Don't use it
(put a wire nut over the end so it won't short to anything). You can't
use separate wall switches here.

On 8 Aug 2006 08:15:16 -0700, "newbee" <srikanth.raghavan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yes, sorry about that. It should say REMOTE HAS BLACK AND WHITE COMING
INTO IT and not out of it. I connected the other ends to the fan wires
appropriately.

I now understand that the RED is hot. I only have one black wire into
the REMOTE and a white. But the remote has both a FAN and a LIGHT
switch. Where do I connect the RED?

Thanks for your reply.

SR.

z wrote:
I wonder if you have duplication of efforts here?
Remote receiver is typically wired with black and white in from power,
and three wires out (black white and blue, i think?) to the fan.
when you say the remote has black and white coming out of it, do you
mean it's wired to the fan and the black and white need to be
connected
to power, or the other way around?


newbee wrote:
I know this is a common topic and I read a few threads but would
appreciate any help.

My guest room is pre-wired for ceiling fan. There are 2 switches
(one
for fan and one for light).

The junction box has 4 wires in it. Black, White, Red and Bare
(Ground).

I bought a fan with a separate remote control. After I connected
the
remote to the fan control, I have a black and a white wire coming
out
of the remote control and a green from the fan (for the ground).

My question is which of the wires in the junction box should I use.
I
guess the Black is hot wire for the fan, so that is easy to connect
it
to the black on the junction. Should the white be connected to the
white on the junction or the red wire.

Your response is appreciated.

Thanks

SR.
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