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Posted by RBM on November 25, 2006, 4:06 pm
Yes and yes. As you describe it is exactly how to connect it given your
wiring scheme
> Hello:
>
> I am replacing an old ceiling fan in my kitchen, which was working fine.
>
> The new fan has a fan and a light (as did the old).
>
> This is the wiring coming out of ceiling:
>
> Ceiling: Red Wire White Wire Two Green Ground Wires
>
> I have two switches controlling the fan, and I can see other wires taped
> off in the ceiling. But I just need to turn power on and off to the
> fan/light, not control them separately.
>
> The fan instructions say to connect the black and blue from the fan to the
> black in the ceiling, except, I don't have a black coming from the
> ceiling. There is a red wire coming out of the ceiling, which the red and
> black wires of the old fan were attached too.
>
> Can I attach the black and blue in the new fan to the red wire in the
> ceiling?
>
> What do I do with the two grounds coming from the ceiling (which are
> currently screwed into the metal support box in the ceiling)? Can I tie
> the green from the fan to both green wires coming from the ceiling into
> one bundle of three?
>
> Thanks for you time.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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