JimL wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:28:01 +1000, "glenn P"
wrote:

Definitely not trying to be condescending, or anything, but it sounds like
you need some professional help in the shape of an electrician. Even they
get zapped every now and then, and they went to electrician school....

Horrible answer.
Do you know what an electrician charges these days?



The original poster stated in one of his posts that

"...i have 2 wires coming out of my ceilings. one black and one white.

you said white is neutral and the white wire coming out of the remotes
receiver is white and has a tag on it reading "neutral in" i was told
to connect that wire to the green wire on the ceiling plate. ..."

Right there is (at least one place) where he went wrong. The green wire
is the "grounding" wire, used only for a safety ground. Its not safe,
no legal, to use it for a neutral conductor, but connected this way,
the fan should work. The symptom of very slow operation is indicative
of a large voltage drop in in the circuit. Based on the available
information, that ground (green) wire does not have a good path back to
where it is supposed to be connected.

First thing to do is shut off the power and get the green wire off the
white wire. Green wire goes to the case of the fan assembly, there is
probably a green or bare wire from the fan assembly to connect to.

I looked at the link provided to the Hunter website and clearly in the
owner's manual, it states:

[excerpting]
Connect electrical supply leads from the motor, using
approved connectors.

[receiver control wiring]
Connect the yellow from the fan to the yellow from the receiver, pink
from the fan to the pink from the receiver, grey from the fan to the
grey from the receiver and the
black with white tracer from the fan to the black with white tracer
from the receiver.

[power wiring]
Connect the red and white wires from the fan with the white from the
receiver to the white power (common) wire.

Connect the larger black wire from the receiver to the black power
wire.

Run the thin white antenna wire from the receiver through one of the
slots in the ceiling plate and outside the canopy (when installed). See
Figure 6A.

Connect the ground wire to the green lead wires from the ceiling plate
and the hanger ball.

After wiring is completed, check all connections to ensure that they
are tight and there are no bare wires visible at the wire connectors."

[end excerpt]

I added spacing and some bracketed headers for clarity.

Basically, it says connect the like colored wires from the fan and
receiver to each other. Then hook up the power wires by connecting the
red & white wire from the fan together with a (assuming larger) white
wire from the receiver (three wires) to the white neutral power wire
from the ceiling (total four wires.)

Becuareful about that antenna wire. Its white, so don't get it mixed up
with a power wire. I would hope its a thin wire obviously differnt from
the rest, so as not to have it mistaken.

The diagram doesn't show the green ground wire, but the instructions
above describe it pretty well.

By the way, an electrician is a lot cheaper than hospital bills, or
what a fire would cost...

Good Luck.

Randy