Any electrician-minded people on here (ceiling fan connection help)

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Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Did both switches control the past ceiling fan? Is there a three-way switch that's involved? The three wire colors indicate a three-wire with a ground line. Either one wire ran from two switches side by side, feeding two parts of old fan, or there is two switches (like one on one side of room, another somewhere else in room that controlled fan or light.) Makes a difference how you would/could wire it. I'm also thinking that the fan will dictate how you re-wire it, and if it is even possible to wire it around the remote control. It sounds like the new fan may be set-up to have only a single switched line, and may need the remote for control.

I'm attaching this sketch of how the wires go into the switch box.

3 wire sets-
Set 1 has a red/black/white/ground
Sets 2 & 3 have a black/white/ground

Light switch has red from set one and black spliced from sets 2 & 3
Fan switch has black from set one and black spliced from sets 2 & 3

Whites from wire sets 1, 2, and 3 are spliced/capped
Grounds from wire sets 1, 2, and 3 are grounded to one another.

So, when it comes to the black wire from the outlet box not accounted for in my installation instructions, the red is obviously a hot for the light, so is there any harm in tying in the hot for the fan?