Still on a high from yesterday's success with replacing the ceiling fan lights in the blue room, we decided to go ahead with the plans to DIY the installation of ceiling fan lights in the 4th BR - we had purchased the materials already and planned to have them professionally installed (or wait for Ahya to visit).
This was a bit more ambitious because we also wanted to either have the switch transferred to the entrance area (if we were hiring a professional electrician) and/or have a remote control installed.
Since we decided to DIY, a remote control would have to do. It also works out well because we can always install the remote control holder near the door.
For this, we purchased a Harbor Breeze 4-light Incandescent light kit for $33 - they also sell a 4 light LED light kit for the same price, we decided to go with the incandescent kit because of the higher wattage capacity (you can always install lower-watt bulbs) and a Yukihalu remote control kit.
The Yukihalu remote controls both the fan and the light, got this for $18 at Amazon. Per the product description, they have the smallest remote module in the market, other brands' modules are much bigger (harder to fit in the fan housing).
This was a super simple project, electrically-speaking (is this a proper term?) as everything was neatly labeled. The hardest part was attaching the remote module and getting everything attached to the wires and getting it out of the way of the main fan. We eventually had to attach this outside of the housing because there was no way for it to fit inside.
This isn't fully finished yet as it currently is using the 60 watt incandescent bulbs included in the kit. We've ordered 60 watt equivalent daylight bulbs from Amazon ($15 for two 3-packs).
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