Hardwiring a ceiling fan w/ a remote?

[CoconutPete]

Has anyone wired in a ceiling fan with a dimmer and a fan controller in the wall rather than those stupid remotes all the fans come with now?

I found one example where the guy used a dimmer/fan control to wire it up.

The thing is - I have 2 wired circuits for it to 2 separate spots. Instead of having it all in 1 box with tiny tiny tiny boxes I'd rather dedicate one spot to the light and one to the fan, it would make it much easier in the dark too.

It seems very doable, dedicate one circuit to the fan, one to the light. The thing I can't figure out is if you bypass the "brain" that sits inside the fan.

Am I making sense?

 

[walta]

For me I have little need to change the fan speed all I need is off and low. I wired may fan to one switch and a second dimmer switch for the light.

All the remotes live a box and almost never get one out.


Walta

 

[Bert_]

Some can some can't. I don't really like them and try not to install them when possible. Most have a separate receiver that gets wired up in the canopy. These can easily be removed. I have seen a couple that the remote could be removed but there was no pull chain to control fan speed. Would need a speed control on the wall for those.

 

[nadogail]

Our Office Fan is hard wired with a remote on our partners desk that controls all functions.

 

[67carl]

When I put a ceiling fan in our bedroom I wanted to do the something similar; hardwire a switch and be able to control it with a remote. Crazy, but it was very difficult finding a way to make this work. I found some sketchy wiring work-arounds on line but passed. Found a fan from home depot with a wired switch and a remote. The switch was proprietary. When I got it and went to install it I found the switch was really a remote that "beamed" the commands to the fan while the line powered it and the load continued on to the fan. It's this one;

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Aire-a-...ERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-300654429-_-206212541-_-N

What ***** is the fan HD sells from this manufacturer is different than the same fan sold elsewhere. Looks exactly the same, but the remote and switch are different. I got the wrong switch and had to go through the manufacturer to get the right one. Pain in the ***. And it's an ugly, poorly designed switch.

 

[csp]

I gutted the receivers out of my remote controlled fans and put controls on the wall like they were before remotes came along. These are Hunter fans.

Had to remove an overheat "safety" module in one a few weeks ago too. My daughter turned on the light in her room and it acted as if it were a strobe light.

 

[JOE.G]

I have installed 2 of these so far and I am very happy with them.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WLM8LBG/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[PWilks]

A lot of ceiling fans are designed to run on nothing but 110 volts, and the switches that come with them to vary the speed vary the current, not the voltage.

The dimmer switches you buy at the big box stores (unless specified as a ceiling fan dimmer) are used for lighting, and achieve the “dimming” by reducing the voltage.

I would just suggest using a normal switch and set the fan using the remote to on, at whatever speed you find useful, and then storing the remote somewhere, using the switch to turn the fan on and off.

 

[csp]

PWilks, unfortunately most of them lose the setting and revert to off when the power goes off to the fan. You have to start over when the switch is turned back on.

 

[PWilks]

PWilks, unfortunately most of them lose the setting and revert to off when the power goes off to the fan. You have to start over when the switch is turned back on.

Well isn’t that a wonderful design.. I wasn’t aware of that.

I’ve had very good luck with these fans in my house garage, and will be adding two when I build my detached up at the cabin. They come with a ceiling fan switch. Not the most aesthically pleasing, but for $80 and 9600 CFM for only one amp draw, I’d say that’s pretty good.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/204507386

 

[CoconutPete]

OK, sounds like what I want to do is possible.

Just to clarify - the remote that came with the fan - i want it gone. I only want to control the fan from the wall.

So here is what it sounds like are the steps.


Remove the "brain" from the ceiling fan and toss it along with the remote. Set up the wiring so I have a dedicated wire from the light to the wall. Also a dedicated wire from the fan to the wall.

In bay # 1 in the wall: Install a dimmer (suitable for LED) and wire that to the lighting circuit via the dedicated wire.

In bay # 2 in the wall install this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lutron-Diva-3-Speed-1-5-Amp-White-Rocker-Fan-Control/1260745

And wire that to the fan via the dedicated wire.