Ceiling Fan Remote wiring question

[mechanicman04]

I have a question about modifying some wiring on a ceiling fan remote. On the remote control box input side there is a hot, neutral and ground. On the output side is a lead for the fan and a lead for the light. On the fan there is a hot lead for the fan, a hot lead for the light, a neutral and a ground. When the house was built there were two switches installed, one to turn on the fan and one to turn on the light. In the box are two hots, (one from each switch) a neutral and a ground. I currently have the remote wired using one of the switches and have the other hot from the second switch capped off. I would like to take the hot from the second switch and tie it into the "output" side of the remote control box that is connected to the light on the fan. Sometimes we don't know where the remote is in the dark room and we could flip the switch to turn on the light until we find the remote then turn the light back off. I am afraid I might do some damage to the controller by essentially feeding power backwards into the controller. Do you think this would cause any issues the remote controller?

 

[DC73]

This might be a good question for the manufacturer of the remote. Personally, I wouldn't do it. It's possible doing so would violate the first rule of electricity which is "Don't let the smoke out".

I tried to find a remote for my fan that would allow the switch on the wall and the remote to both operate the light but couldn't find one that was designed for that feature. In the end, I decided I didn't need the remote for the light anyway and just hardwired the light fixture to the wall switch and did not connect the remote to the light.

Another option is to get a second remote and mount it on the wall near the original light switch.

DC

 

[Mustang51js]

Don't think you can do that,because of the switch is on for the lights the lights will stay on until you turn that switch off regardless if you try the remote. Basically you are bypassing the receiver. If you don't use the remote much I would swap out the two switches on the wall,one as a dimmer and one as a speed control. Your last option is to pick up a remote kit that comes with the wall switch and a remote and replace what you have now

 

[Bates]

Is this the Hampton Bay style remote control where the controller is located in the canopy cover of the fan? If so I would not hook it up the output of the controller because the light is dimmable on those. You could however cap the light output on the controller and tie the lead for the light out of the fan (usually blue) directly onto the second switch leg you have capped now in the box. Then the light would be controlled by the switch only and the fan could be run remotely.