Ceiling – How to connect a new ceiling fan which is controlled by a remote

1. Start by turning off the power at the breaker, and verifying it's off with a non-contact voltage tester.
2. Connect all the bare or green grounding conductors together.
3. Connect the white wire from the ceiling to the white wire on the input side of the remote receiver module and the white wire in the fan.
4. Connect the black wire from the ceiling to the black wire on the input side of the remote receiver module.
5. Connect the blue wire from the output side of the remote receiver module to the blue wire in the fan.
6. Connect the red wire from the ceiling to the black wire in the fan.
7. Cap off the black and white wire from the output side of the remote receiver module.

Now when one switch is on, the remote will control the light. The other switch will turn the fan on and off. You'll end up with something like this.

Alternatively, you could wire it like this.

This way the remote module will control the fan (when the switch is in the ON position), and the other switch will control the light.

_{This answer assumes the black wire controls the fan, while the blue controls the light kit on the fan. Check the documentation that came with the fixture, for proper wiring instructions.}

Look at the switches that control the fan/light... What color wires are connected to them? How was the previous fixture connected? Why didn't you simply connect the new device in the exact same manner?

If the fan and light used to be controlled independently by separate switches, I'd assume the previous wiring used the green wire as an ungrounded (hot) conductor. This would be confirmed by seeing the black wire connected to one of the switches, and the green connected to the other. This is an uncommon use of the green wire, and as you've found can be confusing. If this is the case, you should mark the wire in some way to indicate that it is not a grounding conductor.

If you've confirmed that the green wire is indeed used as an ungrounded (hot) conductor, then the wiring will be as follows.

• Black from ceiling to black from fixture.
• White from ceiling to white from fixture.
• Bare copper from the ceiling to green/yellow from fixture.
• Green from ceiling to blue from fixture.

If the green wire is not used as an ungrounded (hot) conductor, contact a local licensed Electrician and have them install the fixture.