Add a Remote Control to Hampton Bay Ceiling Fans
Adding a wireless remote control to your Hampton Bay ceiling fans lets you operate multiple fans using one control. The control mostly eliminates the need to pull the chains on each fan to turn on the lights or set the blade speed. Use the same universal remote on all of the fans you want to operate together. Using different controls would let the fans operate separately and defeat the purpose of adding remote controls. Pull the chains on the fans to turn on the lights and set the blades at high speed before beginning the remote installation.
Instructions
1. Turn off the power to the Hampton Bay ceiling fans by turning off the breaker supplying electricity to the ceiling fans' circuit.
2. Remove the screws holding the Hampton Bay ceiling fan canopies. The canopy on a ceiling fan rests against the ceiling and covers the mounting bracket and electrical wiring. Drop the canopies, and let them rest against the fan motors.
3. Untwist the wire connectors holding the black wires and the white wires from the house wiring to the black, white, and blue wires from the Hampton Bay ceiling fans. The blue wire connects to the ceiling-fan light, and the black wire from the fan connects to the motor.
4. Lay the remote receivers on your work surface to identify the wires. The labels on the black wire and the white wire from each receiver are labeled as "In" or "Line." These wires connect to the house wiring. The remaining three wires on each receiver -- black, white and red -- will connect to the black, white and blue Hampton Bay fan wires.
5. Remove the battery covers from the backs of the remote controls. Match the dip-switch positions on the controls to the dip-switch positions on the receivers. When the dip switches are all matched, one remote control will operate all of the Hampton Bay ceiling fans.
6. Connect the black "In" or "Line" wire from a receiver to a black house wire at a ceiling fan by twisting an orange wire connector onto both wires. Connect the white "In" or "Line" wire from the receiver to the white house wire with another orange wire connector. Repeat the receiver-to-house wiring connection at each ceiling fan.
7. Twist an orange wire connector onto the remaining white wire from a receiver, connecting it to the white wire from a Hampton Bay fan. Twist another orange wire connector onto the remaining black wire from a receiver, connecting it to the black wire from a fan. Complete the receiver wiring by connecting the red receiver wire to the blue Hampton Bay wire. Repeat the receiver-to-fan wiring connection at each fan.
8. Push the remote receivers into the mounting brackets. Cover the brackets with the canopies. Turn the power on to the Hampton Bay ceiling fans by turning on the breaker in the main house panel.
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