Add a remote to your fan and turn off the lights from bed.
Remote controls are available for ceiling fans, from the basic three-speed push-button remote to a variable fan speed control with a light dimmer. There are even programmable ceiling fan remote controls that can think for you, anticipating fan adjustments based on previous control choices. When choosing a remote, verify the control is rated universal for use on any ceiling fan.
Instructions
1. Turn your ceiling fan on at the wall switch and pull the speed chain until the blades are spinning at the highest speed. Turn the ceiling fan's lights on if they are not on already.
2. Turn off the circuit breaker to the ceiling fan in your home's main breaker panel. Have someone watch for the fan lights to turn off as you turn breakers off. The ceiling fan quits spinning and the lights go off once you choose the correct breaker.
3. Remove one blade from your ceiling fan to give you room to complete the remote control wiring. Remove the two screws holding the fan blade arm to the ceiling fan motor. Move the ceiling fan to a safe place as any blade damage could cause the fan to become unbalanced and wobble.
4. Remove the screws holding the canopy covering the ceiling fan hanging bracket. Find both the hanging bracket and the canopy above the fan and against the ceiling. Release the canopy from the bracket and let it rest against the ceiling fan motor.
5. Untwist the wire connector holding the black wire from the ceiling electrical box to the black and light kit wire from the ceiling fan. Untwist the connector holding the white wire from the ceiling electrical box to the white wire from the ceiling fan. Leave the remaining ceiling fan wires connected.
6. Lay the ceiling fan remote control and remote receiver on a work surface. Check the dip switches on the receiver against the dip switches on the remote to verify that the positions of the switches match. The dip switches on the control are often found in the battery compartment.
7. Identify the wires on the remote receiver. The ceiling fan side of the receiver has three wires labeled motor, light and common or neutral. The electrical box side of the receiver has two wires labeled hot or load and neutral or common.
8. Connect the remote receiver motor wire to the black wire attached to the ceiling fan by twisting a connector onto both the wires. Connect the white wire attached to the ceiling fan to the wire labeled as common or neutral on the receiver with another wire connector. Finish connecting the receiver to the ceiling fan by matching the final wire from the fan motor to the wire labeled as the light on the receiver. Depending on the manufacturer of your ceiling fan, the light wire from the ceiling fan could be red, blue or black with a white stripe.
9. Match the remaining black receiver wire to the black electrical box wire and twist a wire connector onto the two wires, connecting them. Match the two remaining white wires from the electrical box and the receiver and twist a wire connector onto both wires.
10. Place the receiver inside the hanging bracket, making sure the small antenna wire does not get hung beneath the receiver. Slide the canopy over the hanging bracket and reattach it with the screws you removed.
11. Replace the fan blade on the ceiling fan. Turn on the breaker to the ceiling fan inside your home's main breaker panel.
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