busman
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician / Electrical Engineer
Yesterday, I was installing 10 ceiling fans in a brand new home. The fan rated boxes were pre-installed and blanked off with 14-3 romex feeding each (nevermind that most of the boxes had at least on wire partially stripped by the overzealous installer stripping romex with utility knife). The two ungrounded conductors are each switched at the room entry. The homeowner purchased fans from varying companies, but most came with remote controls (instead of pull-chain control). The homeowner wanted me to include the wall switch in the feed to the receiver so that the remote could be used to set the fan and light state and the switch would turn it on and off. I have done this before and the receiver always remembered its state after being switched off. For 2/3 of his new fans, this was not the case. I called the manufacturers (Kichler, Harbor Breeze) and they said they are not designed to remember settings.
The questions are:
1) Does anyone have experience switching these receivers?
2) If I hardwire the connection to the receiver, will I violate the following requirement for a switched light (the remote would still control the light but might not be in its holder on the wall)
My fallback is to install in-the-wall remote transmitters. Thx.
Section 210-70(a)(1) requires "At least one wall switch-controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room and bathroom."
The questions are:
1) Does anyone have experience switching these receivers?
2) If I hardwire the connection to the receiver, will I violate the following requirement for a switched light (the remote would still control the light but might not be in its holder on the wall)
My fallback is to install in-the-wall remote transmitters. Thx.
Section 210-70(a)(1) requires "At least one wall switch-controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room and bathroom."
