Hunter ceiling fan remote controls offer the convenience of controlling the three speeds of the fan blades and a fully dimmable light fixture with the touch of a finger. You can install a Hunter ceiling fan remote control on any manufacturer's ceiling fan as long as the ceiling fan has a canopy in which to hide the receiver. Some basic electrical knowledge is a plus when installing the Hunter ceiling fan remote, but is not necessary.
Instructions
1. Turn off the breaker inside the main electrical panel that powers the ceiling fan.
2. Remove the canopy ring from the ceiling fan by placing your fingers on the small bumps above the tab indicators. Push your fingers firmly against the tabs to cause the canopy ring to flex and release from the canopy, exposing the canopy screws. The canopy and canopy ring are at the top of the ceiling fan and against the ceiling.
3. Unscrew the three canopy screws, releasing the canopy from the ceiling fan mounting bracket. The canopy covers the wiring and the electrical box in the ceiling.
4. Disconnect the ceiling fan wires from the house wiring by removing the wire connectors holding the wires together. Do not disconnect the bare copper wire from the green wire attached to the hanging bracket.
5. Lay the remote receiver on a flat surface with the wires facing you. Identify the five wires from the remote receiver. The red wire to the far left attaches to the light kit wire, the black wire to the right of the red wire attaches to the motor wire, the white wire to the right of the motor wire connects to the white wire from the fan motor. The next two wires, black and white, connect to the house wiring.
6. Expose the remote control dip switches by sliding the battery door off the back of the remote control. Turn the remote receiver over, exposing the receiver dip switches. Make sure the two sets of dip switches match for the fan to operate from the remote.
7. Wire the remote receiver to the house wiring inside the electrical box. Locate the black wire from the electrical box and connect it to the black wire you identified in Step 5 as belonging to the house wiring by twisting an orange wire connector to the two wires. Connect the white house wire from the receiver to the white wire from the electrical box with another orange wire connector.
8. Wire the remote receiver to the ceiling fan. Connect the red wire from the receiver to the white-striped black wire from the light kit using an orange wire connector. Connect the remaining from the receiver to the black ceiling fan motor wire and connect the last white wire from the receiver to the white wire from the ceiling fan using two orange wire connectors.
9. Push all wiring back into the electrical box and attach the ceiling fan canopy to the hanging bracket with the screws you removed in Step 3. Push the canopy ring over the canopy screws until it snaps into place.
10. Turn the power back on inside the main electrical panel by turning the breaker on that operates the ceiling fan.
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