Ceiling Fan Wiring Remote Control

Ceiling Fan Wiring Remote Control

An Electrician's Opinion About Home Wiring

Bill Lutz is a licensed electrician who owns Generation 3 Electric in Philadelphia. Here, he gives his opinion about how to wire a house.

Beginning at the age of 13, I worked with my dad every weekend and summer vacation in homes throughout Philadelphia repairing and rewiring all levels of residential electrical systems. It has taken me many years to learn the skills that I use every day. I'm proud to be an electrician. I know how to run new wires to the right spot to control a light. I'm sure which outlet box to run my wires if I need to add something to a circuit. I realize when to match a black wire with a white one. I understand what the red wire is used for. And I also think that all of these will change in the near future.

Light Switches with Microchips

At present, the way we wire a home is labor-intensive and not very flexible. House wiring may become less complicated in the future. The difference could be the way to control the devices on our home electrical system. Microchip controlled switches will become cheap enough so that they could be incorporated into every light. We would get rid of complicated wiring circuits such as three-way circuits and switch legs. All that each light needs would be a simple feed, so anyone could add new circuits.

Computer technology is advancing and taking over every aspect of our lives. You can already buy light switches in which microchips are built. They can receive signals from other devices and control the lights in your home. Groups of lights can work as one to create moods. For example, I like to use my iPhone to control the lights in my house and create moods. A three-way remote control switch can be added to a circuit without even adding wires. Ceiling fans come with a remote control, so you can control them from your bed.

Control Panels

The same thing would be true at the locations where you would want to control your lighting. Instead of light switches in each room, you would have control panels powered with simple feeds. These panels would use your house network to control switches built into each light. You would be able to tell each control panel to act whatever way you want it to act. Each panel could be a timer, dimmer or mood setter. It could also work other parts of the house like the radio or drapes.

These will affect the way we wire a house. The physical wiring will be greatly simplified. All that you will have to know is the correct wire size and how to match black and white wires to each other. The skills and tricks I have learned over THE years will become obsolete. It looks like I will have to learn to program so I will be ready for the future of home wiring. 　

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Trouble wiring an Emerson Ceiling Fan (CF759PB02) with upper and lower lights and remote control.?

Here are the wires I have:
House box: black, white, green (I have red but I know I don't need it)
Remote Console: Black (to motor L), black/wht stripe (AC in N), White (AC in N), Blue (bottom light), Yellow (upper light)
Fan Motor: Black, White, Blue, Orange, Green.

I have installed a thousand ceiling fans and hundreds with remotes. I do not understand, nor have I seen the fan motor with an orange wire. The rest seems standard.
House wires: Connect the red to the fan remote's blue and yellow.
Connect the black to the fan's black and remotes black.
Connect the white to the fan's white and the remotes white and white/black striped.
Do you have a two gang box where your switches are. One switch for light and one for fan. You should because it is wired this way.

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