Today 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

Weird. When I did this, both remotes operated both fans and lights. Check to make sure the remotes aren't programmable to different fans and they don't have programming combination switches inside them like garage door openers: I think I had to match mine to get one remote to operate both fans and lights.



You can get both fixtures to respond to the same switches as before if you wire the new fans the same as before and get rid of the receiver boxes in the fans.

Only other thing to try to get both lights to work is hold the remote on the ground pointing up between the two fans and see if that operates both. If they're Infrared and one of the recevier "eyes" got misaligned, only one light mya be getting the signal.

Excellent information! I'll let you know how I get this all working. Thanks.

Agnerd:
I stood between the two fans to try and pair the remotes with the fans. Magically, it started working properly. I now have a dead switch 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.