ceiling fan wiring

Just cap the extra wire, a wire nut and some electrical tape should do it.

Ask the electrical inspector when you get the permit.

A permit to replace a ceiling fan?

I replaced a valve in the shower today. Do I need to call the inspector for that too?

Just cap the extra wire, a wire nut and some electrical tape should do it.

You're kidding , right ? Requiring a permit to change a ceiling fan is really going way too far IMO . Next thing you know we'll be required to hire alicensed electrician to change a light bulb .

Technically, yes ans quite possibly. And if the house has aluminum mwiring you are "technically" not allowed to do the job even WITH a permit here in Ontario.

No, of course not. Don't be silly.

In some towns, yes.

A permit to replace a ceiling fan?

I replaced a valve in the shower today. Do I need to call the inspector for that too?

Yep did you have whoopee last night inspector need to know if she kept legs open!!!!!

You're kidding , right ? Requiring a permit to change a ceiling fan is really going way too far IMO . Next thing you know we'll be required to hire alicensed electrician to change a light bulb .

Sounds like you grew up in a place where the government has way too much control of your life ;-)

It's not so much to change it but to inspect the new lightbulb and determine if it is qualified or not.

So as I understand it, at the fan box, you have one wire that is permanently hot, one wire that is controlled by the switch for the light. So, you could do what you want, which is to have both the fan and light work by remote control, by just using the one permanently hot wire and capping off the light wire.

For me whether that is functionally OK would depend on whether you use the light much. If it's rarely turned on, then what you're doing would be OK. If the light is one that is frequently used or the one typically used when entering the room, then I'd want it on a regular wall switch. Sounds like that fan doesn't accommodate that though.

No, it doesn't. There is a remote with fan and light controls. On the bright side there is also a bracket that gets installed over the existing wall plate where the remote can be placed. Unfortunately that's not as convenient as reaching in the dark room and flipping a switch.

If it was me, I would leave the light (usually blue wire) on the switch and hook the fan up to the hot wire, using the remote for that.

This is what I would like to do and why I wrote the original message in the first place. Has anyone actually bypassed the remote for light operations? I'm hoping it's as simple as you say.

Just tie back the light wire coming out of the controller. There are probably instructions for this if you did not have a light kit in your fan.

I did as you suggested and everything works fine! Thanks.

Success! Great to hear a nice word now and again.