1. Hi i would like to install a remote controlled fan light were an existing light is, from what i can see there is only a red & white cable going from the wall switch to the light.
2. I previously got an electrician to install three remote controlled fan lights, it was wired so the remote would control the fan and the light switch would only turn the light off and on. In other words the remote fan would work regardless if the light switch was on or off.
I assume where these lights were they also only had a red & white cable, but when i had a closer look at the cabling at the fan there is an extra 2 cables coming from the ceiling, but there is still only a red & white cable at the light switch.
I am not sure where the 2 extra cables come from ?, it could not have been put in by the electrician as it is a double story house and you can't get into the cavity, and i was also home at the time.
Did he somehow put a cable in that is looped, that would explain the 2 extra cables, or could i be wrong and there was always an 2 extra cables there ?
The way it is wired at the fan is as follows, 3 red wires into the live block, 2 black wires into the neutral block, the 1 white wire looks like it is hard wired to the light cable so it bypasses the remote controller at the fan.
The reason I'm asking is it possible to install a remote fan light with only a red & white cable going to and from the light and light switch as previously noted in point 2. I would like to know before i purchase a remote fan light and than get a electrician out to install it only to tell me it cant be done.
2. I previously got an electrician to install three remote controlled fan lights, it was wired so the remote would control the fan and the light switch would only turn the light off and on. In other words the remote fan would work regardless if the light switch was on or off.
I assume where these lights were they also only had a red & white cable, but when i had a closer look at the cabling at the fan there is an extra 2 cables coming from the ceiling, but there is still only a red & white cable at the light switch.
I am not sure where the 2 extra cables come from ?, it could not have been put in by the electrician as it is a double story house and you can't get into the cavity, and i was also home at the time.
Did he somehow put a cable in that is looped, that would explain the 2 extra cables, or could i be wrong and there was always an 2 extra cables there ?
The way it is wired at the fan is as follows, 3 red wires into the live block, 2 black wires into the neutral block, the 1 white wire looks like it is hard wired to the light cable so it bypasses the remote controller at the fan.
The reason I'm asking is it possible to install a remote fan light with only a red & white cable going to and from the light and light switch as previously noted in point 2. I would like to know before i purchase a remote fan light and than get a electrician out to install it only to tell me it cant be done.