2-pack remote kit

Decent quality and functions as desired. The install was easy and straightforward. I have a lot of experience with household wiring so take that into consideration. Most DIYers should be able to follow the instructions and install this. Can’t beat the value for money.

This little remote is super easy to wire up. There is a black and a white wire coming from one end of the receiver to connect to the ceiling's wires, (and in this old house we only have two wires coming from the ceiling). Then the other end of the receiver has the wires that connect to the ceiling fan and they are color coded to match perfectly, so no thinking or guessing is involved. The only thing is, the receiver does not fit between the bracket attached to the ceiling, and the other bracket that holds the ceiling fan, but it's easy to secure it by threading a long plastic tie through there and snugging it up against the brackets... then the motor housing easily slides over all, making it a good fit. Just leave the yellow antenna wire peeking out the top of the housing. One thing to remember.... the pull chains for the light must be pulled to the on position, and the fan pull chain must be pulled three times to put it in the fastest position, in order for the remote to control them. I forgot about the fan's pull chain and nearly took the entire thing apart thinking the wiring somewhere must have come loose when I shoved it all up in the brackets, as the remote would only control the light, not the fan.... NOPE... just forgot to pull the chain for the fan! And make sure your wall switch is turned on - And you cannot use a dimmer wall switch with some fans. Like the model I got. A dimmer switch will make the fan hum loudly. I had to install a regular light switch and then it worked perfectly and is completely silent. And on that note, this remote does not include a dimmer feature. The light is either on or off. That's fine with me because if I want low light I don't use the ceiling light anyway.

So the house we bought has a very nice ceiling fan light combo. But there was no way to turn on the fan, just the light. Opened up the cowl at the top to see if there was an existing control but no. So this looked like it would work and was less expensive than a brand new remote control ceiling fan (although I really liked the tropical palm fans). Another discovery I made was the ceiling fan had two levels of bulbs including 4 hidden above the fan. Those never turned on. So installed the control. Hot and neutral on the input. Output has separate wires for fan and lights and neutral and an antenna to receive the RF control signal. So the color of the wires on the ceiling fan actually matched the color code on the control box. How rare is that? But there was a yellow wire from the fan left over which I traced to the top hidden bulbs with an ohmmeter. OK so connected the two sets of lights together and powered it up. All ok. Lights turn on right away when you turn on the wall switch. Think of that as your master control. You leave the room and you can turn off the lights and fan both. The control remote has separate buttons for the light (not dimmable) and the fan (3 speeds). It also has a timer you can set for 1 to 8 hours but I'm not sure how you would use that function. I only want to have light and be cool for X hours then darkness and no fan? IDK. The antenna needs to stick out beyond the metal cowl or it wont receive the signal from the RF remote. I didn.t like the yellow color against the ceiling so I trimmed it and added about 8 inches to match the color of the ceiling. Now its unnoticeable. They were smart and capped off the antenna with a little blob of plastic so you dont try to hook it up to an AC line (very tempting as I had an extra yellow wire and the antenna was yellow but I resisted that temptation. All works, I have LED bulbs on the way to replace the 240 watts of incandescent bulbs it had and its happy camper time.

I had purchased fan controllers by a different manufacturer that repeatedly failed on me (sensitive to power outages). I purchased this remote to replace those by the other manufacturer. This remote has a controller box that is much smaller in size, and therefore much, much easier to install than those that have been the industry standard (& much bigger) for years. Much easier to get all the wires tucked in, in a shallow J-Box. Note that the manual states that one must leave the antenna wire exposed. I did not do this, but kept it in the canopy (bottom of the canopy), and it works just fine. Note that one can turn the beep off (tells how in the instruction manual). Note that the two Neutral wires on the controller must be tied together to the line neutral, but come out of opposite ends of the controller. The controller wires are only 3-1/2" long, and so it is problematic to get both wires to the line neutral. The neutral on the fan controller end should be made 10" long to facilitate wiring. I had to add a length of wire to the one neutral to be able to install the controller. I am using the controller for fan only, and it works just fine. Hopefully this device is more rugged (able to handle power outages) than the other manufacturer's devices that I bought previously. Time will tell. I will post if any problems are experienced.

When trying to upgrade / retrofit an existing fan/light with a remote control often space for the fan-mounted controler is a problem ... there is just not enough room to tuck the control inside the housing of the fan or into the outlet box on the ceiling. This unit has the smallest fan-mount control I have been able to find. If this one won't work for you ... I don't have any other suggestions. It is a simple installation, make sure your wire nuts are tight to both wires, grounding recommendations are followed, and you leave the yellow antenna wire exposed (but NOT pinched) to avoid issues. In addition to it's small size I appreciate that when you turn on your light/fan from the wall switch it on it leaves the fan off and turns on only the light. It has a "beep" function of modest volume to confirm that it the fan speed you have selected has been sent to the fan - I like this feature as sometimes it is hard to get "tactile" feedback from the rubberized remote control buttons. As stated in the product description it does NOT have a dim function - the light is on or off. When turned on or off there is a low volume "tunk" sound. I do not find it annoying. Batteries ( 2 x AAA) for the remote are NOT shipped with the unit. This is no big deal except for that split second when I picked up the remote for the first time after installation to check my work and ... nothing happened You have been warned :-)

Installation went OK and all the functions worked properly, but after 4 or 5 days, the remote stopped working. I replaced the batteries with new Duracells and it worked, but, again after 4 or 5 days batteries were dead. I replaced them again with the same result. I seems that the remote is draining the batteries when not in use. I would return it, but I missed the "return by" date. I am hoping the seller msees this and would send me a replacement remote. The controller is in a 16' ceiling and I'd rather not have to get up there again. UPDATE: The seller refunded me for this one (even though it was past the return period), so I ordered a replacement. That one is working flawlessly for the past 30 days. Thank you seller for the refund.

I have another one of these and it works great, this one was an issue from the moment I installed it. First the light on turned on the fan. If the fan was on, I couldn’t switch speeds. Then if I turned off the light it only switched the fan off. I tried installing and reinstalling several times over a few weeks. Last week the controller stopped working at all. It was over a month and the warranty was over. I suggest not buying it.

Relatively inexpensive. It's a pain in the neck to install by yourself and it just *barely* fits inside the fan housing. The receiver is rectangular and NO fan housing that I've ever seen is rectangular. These need to be manufactured with a semi-circular board and case. Replacing the batteries in the remote is also annoying. When batteries die, you can't just pop in fresh batteries. You have to remove the old batteries, press the buttons a few times and hope residual power is used up. Then wait a little while longer before putting in new batteries. Something I really don't like: When power goes out (e.g., during a storm or other unplanned power failure) and then comes back on, the light turns on automatically. This is NOT good because I use these on a house that is not occupied all the time. It's not feasible to turn breakers off to prevent this. Overall, it's decent and works okay, with the exceptions noted above. Would I buy again? Maybe.