I am installing a Harbor Breeze ceiling fan with light and wanting to use two wall switches and the remote to adjust the fan speed. Looking at the ceiling, I see the following for an old ceiling fan/light.
-Blue from light/fan twisted with black
-white from light/fan twisted with brown
-black from light/fan twisted with red
-green ground from light/fan twisted with cooper.
The remote box on the new fan shows the following:
-white AC In N
-black AC In L
On the other side:
-White To Motor in
-Black to Motor L
-Blue for light
The way the switches are wired is the switch controlling the fan on and off has a red wire going to it.
The manual shows:
Connect all GROUND (GREEN) wires from fan (on downrod (A), if applicable, and mounting bracket (C)) to BARE/GREEN supply wire from ceiling.
Connect BLACK wire (labeled AC IN L) from remote control receiver (O) to BLACK supply wire from ceiling.
Connect WHITE wire (labeled AC IN N) from remote control receiver (O) to WHITE supply wire from ceiling.
Connect WHITE wire (labeled TO MOTOR N) from remote control receiver (O) to WHITE wire from motor housing (D).
Connect BLACK wire (labeled TO MOTOR L) from remote control receiver (O) to BLACK wire from motor housing (D).
Connect BLUE wire (labeled FOR LIGHT) from remote control receiver (O) to BLUE wire from motor housing (D)
Is it possible to have one switch control the light and the other control the fan and I can use the remote to adjust the fan speed? Thanks in advance for your help!
Best Answer
You'll want to switch the fan switch out for a wallbox-type remote setup
The thing with the remotes that come with fans is they don't play nice with anything else that wants to control the fan; a few manufacturers provide battery-powered wall-mount remotes, but anything beyond that is out of the question. Since you have separate wall switches with separate gangs for the fan and light, though, you have some flexibility in how you do this, and my recommendation would be a Lutron Caseta fan controller. This mounts in the wallbox instead of the current switch for the fan, and provides both wall-switch and remote control of the fan, including speed switching, without the need for any further parts. You'll have to take the old Harbor Breeze remote receiver out of the picture if you go this path though.