Yesterday I replaced two old patio ceiling fans with two new Harbor Breeze fans from Lowes, which includes LED lights and a remote control device for each of them. The original fans and lights were controlled inside the house with two switches, one switch controlled the fan operation for both fans and other switch controlled both ceiling fan lights. The original units did not have any remote control devices. The original wiring was white on white, black on black, blue on red and green on copper (ground).

Well, I finished the install today, including the wiring for the remote device control module attached underneath each fan bracket, and only one switch inside the house has any effect on the the ceiling fans and the lights. When the one still functioning switch is turned on inside the house, only the remote control will allow both fans to turn and operate normally, but only one light is functional at a time. You can use the remote to switch the light operation to each fan, but not to operate both fan lights at the same time.

Another fact I want to include is that the original fans were two different brands of fans. Also the wiring from the house for one fan had one ungrounded (hot) conductor red wire, the other fan had two ungrounded (hot) red wires. I used a wire nut to cap these red wires, so these (hot) red wires are not connected to anything on either fan.

Any ideas on how to get both fans and lights to simultaneously work properly with the remote control? Possibly I'm missing something obvious here or there is some type of work around where only the house switch or switches are necessary, as was the case originally. I don't mind if I have to abandon use of the remotes. Thanks

Can you elaborate further with your response ? I'm not sure what you mean.

My guess is the red wires that you capped need to be wired to the fans. Did you take pictures of how everything was wired up before disconnecting everything?

Aggie19Eighty said:

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Can you elaborate further with your response ? I'm not sure what you mean.

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Also, you probably want to post this on Home Improvement forum, not here.

It's posted there also. Also, I called the company this morning and was told the wiring was most likely ok, but the remote would essentially have to be made universal.Sounds like a trial and error technical type of thing because those instructions were tried multiple times without success. Thanks so much for responding to my question. I appreciate it.

If I continue to have trouble with the light I'm thinking about connecting one of the reds to the light wire on tie fan (I think it's blue), so your advice may be correct. I'm not an electrician, but I normally can do basic things like this myself. Thanks for the suggestion.

Never buy a fan with remote. It seems like a good idea until you lose the remote and the fan doesn't work.

Went through the same thing except with three fans. Lets just say I now have one dead switch and one that turns on all three lights. Then, I have to use three individual remotes for each fan or use each removed to turn off each light. Thought it would be a pain but it really isnt that big of deal. Assuming I don't lose any of the remotes. Those wire harness coming with the remote fan don't tell you what any of the color wires mean so I was not willing to try to change anything up. Good luck

I may try to bypass the remotes if that's possible. Thanks.

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I stood between the two fans to pair the remotes with the fans. Magically, it started working properly. As you stated, now I gave a live switch to control the fans and a dead one that's taking up space on the wall. Oh well, the fans and lights both work, so alls well that ends well. Thanks for taking the time to send me information.

Anchorhold said:

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220, 221. Whatever it takes.

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This is why I TexAgs.