I moved into a house a couple months ago and the ceiling fans/light all are connected by remotes. I can’t find the remote for one fan but I’m pretty sure there’s already a receiver in the fan. So can I just buy a universal remote and pair it to the existing receiver or do I need to install a new receiver?
You can probably do this, but you’ll likely also need to open up the ceiling fan box to get to the current receiver. Most ceiling fans use a 4 position dip switch setup to keep the remotes from activating the wrong ceiling fan. You can guess by going through all 16 possible positions, but it’s often easier to look.Therefore, I suggest you just buy a remote + receiver kit.