Wonderful step by step video. Only 1 step missing but a no brainer obvious one. The fan motor where it spins is shipped with 5 rubber safety gromits which must be removed via access hole in order to release the motor. You can't install the blade arms without this step. I only mention it because I originally thought the motor was stuck or hindered when I first unpacked the fan and tried to spin the fan manually until I noticed the obvious. ALSO -- in terms of attaching the blade arms. There is only 1 access hole. Aligning and screwing from underneath is uncomfortable and time consuming. It didn't seem much heavier to screw the blade arms into the fan motor before dropping the ball into the ceiling mounting brqcket. I just flipped the fan motor upside down and screwed the blade arms to the fan with the motor on my lap. It took all of less than 2 minutes with no ladders, flashlights, Etc. AGAIN -- this video was a great tutorial and saved me a ton of time trying to weed thru a ton of directions. THANKS
Thank you so much! The instructions in the box were...unclear, and the video we were directed to on Home Depot's website was...entirely missing. Your guide was an enormous help installing the first fan, and the second one I did today was a relative breeze.
The video was very helpful everything was on point saved me time and money only hold back was me figuring out the rubber had to be removed before installing the fan blades maybe you should add that in 😊Thank You!
I have three wires plus the ground in the ceiling. A black, white, and red plus ground. The reciever only has black and white and ground. The red wire was connected to the previous fan that I removed. What do I do with the red wire?
We're not licensed electricians and have to suggest calling one for wiring questions. That said, a red wire is typically a switch wire. If that is the case and the red wire is connected to a standard on/off switch, you can cap the house black wire and connect the receiver black wire to the red wire. This would allow you to turn the fan and light on/off using the switch. Alternatively, you could cap the red house wire and connect the receiver directly to the house black wire. Again, we'd suggest consulting with a licensed electrician if you are unsure about the wiring.
@@briennearellano3426 the other wire is four the second light switch on the wall. My electrician friend told me to choose one of the two wires and cap off the other. This will have one light switch supply power to the fan and the light, and then you just use the remote for control of what is on. Hope this helps.
@@briennearellano3426 we would suggest just capping the red wire. Alternatively, if your red wire is a standard on/off switch wire, you can cap off the house black wire and use the red instead. If you are not sure about your house's wiring, we'd suggest contacting a licensed electrician to make sure it is connected properly.
I'm assuming this model cannot be installed without the downrod for a more, flush/close mount. I've looked all around and am not able to find any info about installation options, only that it can be installed on straight or angled ceilings. Even the installation guide doesn't list anything about mounting it closer to the ceiling without the downrod.
If I don't want to have the receiver and just want to control the light & fan in the conventional means from a double rocker light switch on the wall, is this possible with the Riley fan? If so, what is my wiring? Is it as simple as removing the white connector and wiring white to white, black to black, and green to copper? Will that give me independent control of left switch to light and right switch to fan?
We have to say that we are not licensed electricians and we have to recommend contacting a licensed electrician for any alternate wiring methods. That being said, if you remove the wire harness plug from the fan, you will be left with 3 wires from the fan: Black (fan speed power), blue (light power) and white (neutral). In general, what you said is correct, but the blue wire would have to be connected to a power supply (switch wire). Please note that if you are just using on/off switches, the fan will only operate on high speed and you will not be able to adjust the speed of the fan. If you replace one of the toggle switches with a speed control, it must be a variable speed control, not a dimmer. Using a dimmer switch to control fan speed will eventually damage the motor.
@@ceilingfans101 Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and for the added info on the variable speed control - very helpful. One last question -- you mentioned "blue wire would have to be connected to a power supply (switch wire)". Can you elaborate on this? Is it just a matter of pairing the blue wire with the black wire and connecting both of them to the black wire in the ceiling?
@@daved3342 If you want to control to control the light and fan independently, you would need separate switch power wires - these are typically black or red wires. You would connect the fan black to one switch wire, and then connect the fan blue to the other switch wire. This would let you turn the fan and light on/off with the separate switches. If you just want to use one switch for both, then you would connect the fan's black and blue wires to one switch wire.
So the bottom of the light has just black and white white wires. with one black and one white as a connector. The top part has one blue and one white. The directions and video say connect blue with blue and white to white. Uhm... Can a blue be connected to a black wire. There is no blue wire
I cannot get the blade brackets lined up with any screw hole and have tried everything I can see should work. The slot I see for the tang is not in the middle of the gap . Help!
I'm wondering if you have the same blade arms, like if someone returned the item with different blade arms before you purchased it. The alignment post should insert into the long slot at the base of the motor as shown at the 10:29 mark. None of the blade arms are able to be attached?
@@ceilingfans101 Thanks for your quick reply. I stumbled across the answer, which is there are five rubber packing blocks screwed to the motor which have to be removed. I took a screenshot of the video and noticed the absence of the packing blocks! That's when the penny dropped🙏 To be fair there is a small label telling you to remove them, but I completely missed it before hanging the unit.
Thanks for the question. You do not need to remover the entire fan to set the dip switches. You just need to remove the canopy to be able to access the receiver. Please make sure you power is off at the breaker and wall switch before doing this. The canopy installation is shown in the video (9:35 mark) just watch the canopy and canopy ring installation and then do the reverse to remove it. The receiver can be accessed once the canopy is removed and then the dip switches can be changed.
Please check that the O/D switch in the battery compartment of the remote (shown at the 6:29 mark) is set to the D setting to enable the dimming function. With that switch set to the D setting, you should be able to press and hold the light button on the remote to cycle through the brightness settings. Then, release the button once the desired brightness level is reached.
@@hosnih11385 Have you checked the wiring between the light kit and fan? Also, what type of bulbs are you using? Each socket is rated for 60-watts max.
The receiver should have one set of wires with a wire harness plug and one set of wires that are separate wires to connect to the wires from the ceiling. The receiver will have a white wire (neutral) and a red wire for power. If it does not have a red wire, it will have a black wire for power. If you receiver does not have either a black or red power wire, it will need to be replaced. A replacement can be ordered by calling Hampton Bay customer service at 1-855-434-2678.
Soooo much more helpful than the supplied instruction manual and the non-existent tutorial on the Home Depot site.
Wonderful step by step video. Only 1 step missing but a no brainer obvious one. The fan motor where it spins is shipped with 5 rubber safety gromits which must be removed via access hole in order to release the motor. You can't install the blade arms without this step. I only mention it because I originally thought the motor was stuck or hindered when I first unpacked the fan and tried to spin the fan manually until I noticed the obvious. ALSO -- in terms of attaching the blade arms. There is only 1 access hole. Aligning and screwing from underneath is uncomfortable and time consuming. It didn't seem much heavier to screw the blade arms into the fan motor before dropping the ball into the ceiling mounting brqcket. I just flipped the fan motor upside down and screwed the blade arms to the fan with the motor on my lap. It took all of less than 2 minutes with no ladders, flashlights, Etc. AGAIN -- this video was a great tutorial and saved me a ton of time trying to weed thru a ton of directions. THANKS
Dude I was like wtf is going on here loool
Thank you so much! The instructions in the box were...unclear, and the video we were directed to on Home Depot's website was...entirely missing. Your guide was an enormous help installing the first fan, and the second one I did today was a relative breeze.
This video was 100000x better than the instructions :)
The video was very helpful everything was on point saved me time and money only hold back was me figuring out the rubber had to be removed before installing the fan blades maybe you should add that in 😊Thank You!
Thank you for the video! Was so lost on where to put the remote receiver inside the housing. Works amazing! Great product, would buy another if needed
Great! Glad it worked out. Enjoy!
Thanks for real look at installing our fan . We have knob& tube wiring and was able to complete project following your installation.
The gap between the motor and the fixture cover is too narrow to get the blade arm in
HD should hire you for writing instruction manuals. Huge help, thanks.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the help really appreciated it 👍
Manufacturers instructor manual sucked, this video was a god send!!
We're glad it helped. Just curious, what was wrong with the manual?
I have three wires plus the ground in the ceiling. A black, white, and red plus ground. The reciever only has black and white and ground. The red wire was connected to the previous fan that I removed. What do I do with the red wire?
We're not licensed electricians and have to suggest calling one for wiring questions. That said, a red wire is typically a switch wire. If that is the case and the red wire is connected to a standard on/off switch, you can cap the house black wire and connect the receiver black wire to the red wire. This would allow you to turn the fan and light on/off using the switch. Alternatively, you could cap the red house wire and connect the receiver directly to the house black wire. Again, we'd suggest consulting with a licensed electrician if you are unsure about the wiring.
I just ran into this issue installing the same fan, what did you end up doing with the red wire?
@@briennearellano3426 the other wire is four the second light switch on the wall. My electrician friend told me to choose one of the two wires and cap off the other. This will have one light switch supply power to the fan and the light, and then you just use the remote for control of what is on. Hope this helps.
@@briennearellano3426 we would suggest just capping the red wire. Alternatively, if your red wire is a standard on/off switch wire, you can cap off the house black wire and use the red instead. If you are not sure about your house's wiring, we'd suggest contacting a licensed electrician to make sure it is connected properly.
THANK YOU
You're welcome!
Great video
thanks!
I'm assuming this model cannot be installed without the downrod for a more, flush/close mount. I've looked all around and am not able to find any info about installation options, only that it can be installed on straight or angled ceilings. Even the installation guide doesn't list anything about mounting it closer to the ceiling without the downrod.
That is correct - this fan does not have a flush-mount option and must be installed with a downrod.
If I don't want to have the receiver and just want to control the light & fan in the conventional means from a double rocker light switch on the wall, is this possible with the Riley fan? If so, what is my wiring? Is it as simple as removing the white connector and wiring white to white, black to black, and green to copper? Will that give me independent control of left switch to light and right switch to fan?
We have to say that we are not licensed electricians and we have to recommend contacting a licensed electrician for any alternate wiring methods. That being said, if you remove the wire harness plug from the fan, you will be left with 3 wires from the fan: Black (fan speed power), blue (light power) and white (neutral). In general, what you said is correct, but the blue wire would have to be connected to a power supply (switch wire). Please note that if you are just using on/off switches, the fan will only operate on high speed and you will not be able to adjust the speed of the fan. If you replace one of the toggle switches with a speed control, it must be a variable speed control, not a dimmer. Using a dimmer switch to control fan speed will eventually damage the motor.
@@ceilingfans101 Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and for the added info on the variable speed control - very helpful. One last question -- you mentioned "blue wire would have to be connected to a power supply (switch wire)". Can you elaborate on this? Is it just a matter of pairing the blue wire with the black wire and connecting both of them to the black wire in the ceiling?
@@daved3342 If you want to control to control the light and fan independently, you would need separate switch power wires - these are typically black or red wires. You would connect the fan black to one switch wire, and then connect the fan blue to the other switch wire. This would let you turn the fan and light on/off with the separate switches. If you just want to use one switch for both, then you would connect the fan's black and blue wires to one switch wire.
So the bottom of the light has just black and white white wires. with one black and one white as a connector. The top part has one blue and one white. The directions and video say connect blue with blue and white to white. Uhm... Can a blue be connected to a black wire. There is no blue wire
Yes, please connect the light's black wire to the fan's blue wire.
I cannot get the blade brackets lined up with any screw hole and have tried everything I can see should work.
The slot I see for the tang is not in the middle of the gap .
Help!
I'm wondering if you have the same blade arms, like if someone returned the item with different blade arms before you purchased it. The alignment post should insert into the long slot at the base of the motor as shown at the 10:29 mark. None of the blade arms are able to be attached?
@@ceilingfans101
Thanks for your quick reply.
I stumbled across the answer, which is there are five rubber packing blocks screwed to the motor which have to be removed.
I took a screenshot of the video and noticed the absence of the packing blocks! That's when the penny dropped🙏
To be fair there is a small label telling you to remove them, but I completely missed it before hanging the unit.
@@Able60 ah yes. the motor stops. Happy to hear you got it figured out. Cheers!
I have the same fan in my room
Do I have to remove the entire fan to set the dip switch? The installer didn’t adjust and now both fans work on the same remote.
Thanks for the question. You do not need to remover the entire fan to set the dip switches. You just need to remove the canopy to be able to access the receiver. Please make sure you power is off at the breaker and wall switch before doing this. The canopy installation is shown in the video (9:35 mark) just watch the canopy and canopy ring installation and then do the reverse to remove it. The receiver can be accessed once the canopy is removed and then the dip switches can be changed.
Installation went fine but I can't dim the lights. Any ideas?
Please check that the O/D switch in the battery compartment of the remote (shown at the 6:29 mark) is set to the D setting to enable the dimming function. With that switch set to the D setting, you should be able to press and hold the light button on the remote to cycle through the brightness settings. Then, release the button once the desired brightness level is reached.
I'll my lights went out. I replaced the bulbs but they're not working. Only the fan is
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@@hosnih11385 Have you checked the wiring between the light kit and fan? Also, what type of bulbs are you using? Each socket is rated for 60-watts max.
@@ceilingfans101 I'll check those wires now. I'm using 9.5 watt led lights, I believe it came with the fan
the breaker part should be easy for us in texas. it wasn’t any power in the first place
Sorry to hear about Texas. Stay safe!
Oof help my receiver doesn't have a red wire
The receiver should have one set of wires with a wire harness plug and one set of wires that are separate wires to connect to the wires from the ceiling. The receiver will have a white wire (neutral) and a red wire for power. If it does not have a red wire, it will have a black wire for power. If you receiver does not have either a black or red power wire, it will need to be replaced. A replacement can be ordered by calling Hampton Bay customer service at 1-855-434-2678.
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