ceiling-fan
I just recently bought a the merwry ceiling fan from home depot. It's a wireless fan with remote and I have 2 switches in my house, 1 with light dimmer.
I wired everything up and everything seems to work with both switches. Is there any way to wire the ceiling fan so that both switches work and also the remote works for both light and fan?
Right now, I can control the ceiling fan with both switch and remote but I can only control the light with the switch and not with the remote.
If you want to use a wall fan control, you'll likely have to remove the remote fan control receiver from the unit. The remote receiver in the fan housing controls the fan speed, and will not allow the wall control to override it.
In the most basic case, the remote receiver will have "input" wires connected to the standard household wiring (ungrounded, grounded, grounding). The unit will then have "output" wires that connect to the fan, and/or light kit. Because of this, controlling the "input" of the remote receiver will have no effect on the "output".
The procedure for removing the remote receiver will completely depend on the unit.
Yes, you can purchase a remote control module that will allow you to independently control the fan and the light. Most modules only require a hot, neutral, and ground wire to operate.
Here's a wiring diagram from a random fan remote, installation guide (PDF).
The receiver gets power from the house wiring, then determines which leads to energized based on the buttons pressed on the remote.
Best Answer
No, there's no way to do that with those cheapies. Use of the remote is vital to reducing the cost.
Literally no way. I do some exotic things with electrical, but nope.
You bought it for the savings, enjoy them, don't look back. No regrets!