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Posted by Colbyt on May 14, 2006, 10:38 pm
> Renovating the extra bedroom in the house and am replacing an older
> ceiling fan with a newer fan. Kind of stumped about the wiring, and
> thought I'd post here and give a shot at it. Instructions with the fan
> kit were useless. I know the wires in the box are copper(not sure if
> this matters).
>
> Scenario:
> Box in ceiling: 3 wires. Red, Black and white. Ground on fan housing.
> Fan/light: 3 wires. Blue, Black, white and ground.
>
> Connected green to green and white to white. So far, so good. Manual
> says to connect blue and black on fan side to black in box. That leaves
> a red left, which I'm not sure what to do with. From what I can tell,
> it's a hot wire(and logically red means hot).
>
> This is probably an extremely simple thing, but it's frustrating the
> heck out of me... Can anyone help me out? Thanks for your help in
> advance.
>
> -greg
>
Assuming everything was wired properly before you started:
Scenario:
Box in ceiling: 3 wires. Red, Black and white. Ground on fan housing.
Fan/light: 3 wires. Blue, Black, white and ground.
white to white
red & black are both hot if you have two switches connect to fan blue/black
Your choice of colors.
You did not mention a ground wire in the box so connect fan ground wire to
the metal box or cap it off. If ground on fan housing meant you have a bare
ground wire then connect it to the fan ground wire. Older lighting circuits
did not always have a ground at ceiling fixtures. Best not to connect it to
white.
If you don't have a light kit the blue wire is the unused one normally.
Just cap it and one of the two hot wires.
There I made that almost as the third world printed directions.
Colbyt
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