Wiring a ceiling fan and light getting started. Notice this circuit has a 3 wire cable power source coming into the double switch box.
Ceiling Fan Wiring Electrical Diy Chatroom Home
How to wire a ceiling fan. Wiring a ceiling fan remote control to the ceiling wires when a ceiling fan remote control is used the red wire which is commonly used for wall switch operation of the light fixture is not used because a dual function remote control takes care of both the fan motor and the light fixture by using the black wire alone. Screw in the fan faceplate over the bracket. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copperbare wire. Tuck the wires back into the box. Finishing the installation 1. How to install a ceiling fan 1 turn off the power at the fuse or circuit panel.
Feed the existing wire through the cable clamp in the top of the new metal ceiling fan junction box slip the box over the saddle screws and tighten the nuts to clamp the box to the shaft with a nut driver or a deep well socket. Turn on the power from. Connect the red wire in the ceiling to the black wire in the light kit and the black wire in the ceiling to the black. Look the capacitor connection how the color of wire is used in fans output. Fit the fans faceplate over the bracket and the wires and line up the. 3 lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts.
Turn off power at the breaker. Crimp a loop of grounding wire three quarters around the grounding screw and tighten the screw. Therefore we have the method to determine it with a digital multi meter. The wires come in two or three colors. Take your wires and tuck them into the ceiling bracket so that you. Ceiling fan capacitor connection internal wiring of a fan.
Take a look at ceiling fan capacitor connection wiring this color is not the same for all fan manufacturing company. Then a 3 wire cable from there also going to the ceiling fan. Before you can start wiring your new ceiling fan youll need to turn off the. You may find several pairs of wires in the ceiling box. Tuck the connected wires into the ceiling bracket. The wires inside of a ceiling fan are relatively simple but you have to know what each one.
Then leaving the double switch box is a 3 wire cable going to the ceiling fan and a 4 wire cable going to the other 3 way switch. Make connections as shown. 4 disconnect the wires to the. Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut.
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