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Posted by Joe on July 4, 2006, 11:08 am
Hi,
I live in a 100 year old house. I have a question in regards to installing a
ceiling fan, From my ceiling junction box I have black, white, and red
wires. The install instructions say to connect the white wire to the white
wire, the fan motor black/blue wires to the supply black wire. I am ok up to
this point. It then says to connect the ground conductor to the green ground
leads from the motor. Now I have a red wire coming out of the ceiling, and a
green wire coming from the ceiling fan motor. Should I connect these two
wires?
Thanks,
Joe
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Posted by on July 4, 2006, 11:11 am
Black/White/Red - sounds like you could have a 3-way switch in place.
I would not not not connect the ground to that red without digging
further !
Hopefully someone who knows more about this will respond.
Joe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I live in a 100 year old house. I have a question in regards to installing a
> ceiling fan, From my ceiling junction box I have black, white, and red
> wires. The install instructions say to connect the white wire to the white
> wire, the fan motor black/blue wires to the supply black wire. I am ok up to
> this point. It then says to connect the ground conductor to the green ground
> leads from the motor. Now I have a red wire coming out of the ceiling, and a
> green wire coming from the ceiling fan motor. Should I connect these two
> wires?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on July 4, 2006, 2:10 pm
>Hi,
>
>I live in a 100 year old house. I have a question in regards to installing a
>ceiling fan, From my ceiling junction box I have black, white, and red
>wires. The install instructions say to connect the white wire to the white
>wire, the fan motor black/blue wires to the supply black wire. I am ok up to
>this point. It then says to connect the ground conductor to the green ground
>leads from the motor. Now I have a red wire coming out of the ceiling, and a
>green wire coming from the ceiling fan motor. Should I connect these two
>wires?
>
Don't until you're sure what's on those wires.
>Thanks,
>Joe
>
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
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Posted by bob kater on July 4, 2006, 8:55 pm
I doubt you have a ground at all. test each lead to each other and see if
all of them aren't hot. my son has a house the same age and also has no
grounds
> Hi,
>
> I live in a 100 year old house. I have a question in regards to installing
> a ceiling fan, From my ceiling junction box I have black, white, and
> red wires. The install instructions say to connect the white wire to the
> white wire, the fan motor black/blue wires to the supply black wire. I am
> ok up to this point. It then says to connect the ground conductor to the
> green ground leads from the motor. Now I have a red wire coming out of the
> ceiling, and a green wire coming from the ceiling fan motor. Should I
> connect these two wires?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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Posted by Phisherman on July 6, 2006, 5:45 am
>Hi,
>
>I live in a 100 year old house. I have a question in regards to installing a
>ceiling fan, From my ceiling junction box I have black, white, and red
>wires. The install instructions say to connect the white wire to the white
>wire, the fan motor black/blue wires to the supply black wire. I am ok up to
>this point. It then says to connect the ground conductor to the green ground
>leads from the motor. Now I have a red wire coming out of the ceiling, and a
>green wire coming from the ceiling fan motor. Should I connect these two
>wires?
>
>Thanks,
>Joe
>
A red wire may indicate that this is used as a hot wire between two
3-way switches. Determine where the red wire is connected by
exploring the wires under switch plates in the room. All green wires
should be connected, plus connected to the junction box if the box is
metal. Make sure all the circuits are OFF.
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