Change your remote control fan to wall switch operation.
Remote control ceiling fans are not operated through the wall switch; they are operated through the remote. If the remote receiver should fail or the remote control fails, the remote receiver would need to be removed and the ceiling fan wired directly to a light switch. If no light switch is available, one will have to be installed. To wire a remote control ceiling fan to the wall switch you will need some basic electrical knowledge.
Instructions
1. Turn off the electrical power to the ceiling fan by turning off the breaker that operates the fan at the main electrical panel.
2. Remove the ceiling fan from the hanging bracket. The hanging bracket is covered by a canopy that is located next to the ceiling. The canopy is held onto the bracket by two or more screws, and removing the canopy allows you to gain access to the wiring.
3. Test with a two prong electrical tester to confirm that the power has been disconnected correctly. Locate the wire connector holding the black wires together and place one prong of the tester inside the wire connector and place the other prong onto any metal inside the ceiling fan junction box. The tester should not light up if the power has been correctly disconnected. A junction box is a metal or plastic box where all electrical connections are made.
4. Remove the wire connectors holding all the wires together inside the junction box and pull the ceiling fan from the bracket.
5. Cut a hole in the wall board for the light switch. Trace around the template provided with the single gang "old work" box and carefully cut along the trace lines using a keyhole saw. Place the light switch where it will be convenient for you to turn on the light when you walk in the room.
6. Pull a length of 12/2 nonmetallic (NM) cable from the new switch location to the ceiling fan junction box. Leave 6 inches of cable exposed at both locations for wiring.
7. Strip the new cable at both locations. Using a dual NM wire cutter/stripper, remove the sheath from the NM cable, exposing the black, white and bare copper wires. Strip a 1/2 inch of insulation off the ends of the black and white wires in both locations.
8. Pull the wires into the "old work" switch box and slide the box into the wall. Turn the screws to flip the wings attached to the old work box up behind the wall board. Continue to turn the screws so that the "old work" box clamps to the wall board.
9. Label the white wires as black wires. At the new switch location, wrap black electrical tape around the white wire to label it as the second black wire in the switch box. Repeat this at the box. Only label the white wire that you pulled to the junction box and do not label any other wires as black wires.
10. Install the single pole switch at the new switch location. Wrap the black wire inside the switch box around a screw on the right side of the switch. Wrap the white wire you wrapped in black electrical tape around the remaining screw on the right side of the switch. Wrap the bare copper wire around the green ground screw.
11. Tighten all three screws to hold them to the switch. Attach the switch to the electrical box at the top and the bottom of the switch. Cover the switch with a switch cover plate.
12. Remove the remote receiver from your ceiling fan by removing the wire connectors that hold the wires together. Locate the remote receiver in the top of your ceiling fan; it is a small black or white box and connects with three wires to your fan.
13. Hang the ceiling fan on the ceiling fan bracket and reconnect the ceiling fan. Inside the ceiling fan junction box, locate the original black wire and connect it to the new black wire using an orange wire connector.
14. Locate the black wire from the ceiling fan and the wire for the light kit and use a red wire connector to connect the two wires to the white wire labeled with black electrical tape. Locate the white ceiling fan wire and connect it to the original white wire in the junction box by using an orange wire connector. Attach the two bare copper wires to the green ground wire using a red wire connector.
15. Push all wiring into the ceiling fan junction box and replace the ceiling fan canopy. Turn the ceiling fan breaker back on at the main electrical panel.
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