![]() Now if I wanted to reduce the number of wires I had to bind together (5 white wires sucks to put in a wire nut, especially with the cheap wire from the fan and the remote mixed in), I could cut off the white and ground wires from the fan switch, and just use the black wire in the fan wire as the "red" wire, as if I were running a 14-3 wire, right? I would have to rewire the switches, and here is how I imagine that would work. Is this correct? Here is that configuration: My understanding is that in this configuration, the fan switch would act as a master power to the receiver, allowing me to turn the lights on and off with the light switch, and as long as the fan switch was on, I could control the fan with the remote. Anyway, the way I have the switches wired right now, each 14-2 wire is connected fully to each switch, going up to the ceiling, and here is the way I would plan on wiring it if I didn't want to rewire the switches. ![]() In all the diagrams I'm looking at, it looks like I could have accomplished the same thing with just a 14-3 wire, but I suppose I can just use one of the wires from the extra 14-2 wire I ran and cap off the white and ground for that one if I want. After reading some of the posts, it looks like if I want to use the remote and still be able to control the lights and fan on separate switches, then I have to choose to have one of the switches act as master power to the receiver for the remote.Īnyway, the power is coming into the switch box, there was an existing 14-2 wire going to the light fixture, and I added another 14-2 wire to the switch box to add the switch for the ceiling fan. I recently added recessed lights to my bedroom, and replaced the center fixture box with one rated for a ceiling fan. Hey all, I search and found multiple posts talking a bit about this, so this can be short, I just want to verify that I am doing this right.
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