I replaced an old ceiling fan in my sons room that had a light fixture and dimmer switch. The new ceiling fan only operates with a remote that it came with. No pull strings for the light or fan. I also want to add a couple of recessed lights so he gets more light as the fan light fixture does not give off much light.
Currently I have a armored electrical cable in the ceiling with Red/Black/White. The new ceiling fan remote receiver has red/white cable on one side and on the other, blue, black, white. I ran romex cable to the recessed cans and attached them together matching the white/black/and bare. I have the cable for the recessed lights in the same ceiling hole for the the fan ready. How do I make the connection so that the recessed lights work with a dimmer switch and the fan and fan light work with the remote it came with? We will used the recessed lighting and fan 99% of the time, and rarely use the fan light.
In the switch box, I see the armored red joined with the black from the electrical panel run. The armored black is by itself currently as I took off the old dimmer switch. And the armored white is joined with the other white from the electrical panel run.
This is a picture of my switch box. The black/red/white on the right side are the armored cable to ceiling fan.
Best Answer
At the Light
At the switch
This should allow the dimmer to control the recessed lights, and the remote to control the fan/light.
Of course this assumes that power comes to the switch first, and one of the wires in the cable is always hot.
Based on the info you've provided, it should look something like this.
According to the documentation for the dimmer, the black lead is LINE and the red lead is LOAD.