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There is a light kit and a remote control unit with the fan I am trying to install. The switch box has three switches. 1 switch that controls an outlet unrelated to the fan wiring and 2 switches that I believe are for the fan and light, but the light kit of the fan has a 9 pin modular connector in it on the base of the fan.
"Newer" light kits assume a remote will control the whole shebang..
The "modular connector" plugs into a control jack somewhere on the fan itself or a remote receiver.
The secondary red line ought to correspond to the connection back at the switch that control(ed) the older fan's light kit. You can disconnect that and rely on the remote control.
Ain't digital progress grand?
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Originally Posted by wirenovice27
There is a light kit and a remote control unit with the fan I am trying to install. The switch box has three switches. 1 switch that controls an outlet unrelated to the fan wiring and 2 switches that I believe are for the fan and light, but the light kit of the fan has a 9 pin modular connector in it on the base of the fan.
Hi all,
instead of starting a new thread I figured I ask my question here. In order to paint the ceiling in my bedroom I removed the ceiling fan (with light fixture) temporarily. When I took it down it almost fell out of my hands so I had no time to check which wires were connected. Now, that I am trying to put it back on I'm at a loss as to which wires go together and an internet search didn't yield anything helpful.
I have three ceiling wires and three fan wires:
Ceiling: reddish brown, green and white
Fan: black, white, and blue
Every time, I think I've figured it out which ones go together, I read something contradictory.
Green is ground, should be attached to a point somewhere on the fan or the mounting bracket by a screw/bolt. Reddish brown is the "hot" and the white is the neutral.
From the fan:
Black is "hot" and the white is neutral. Blue is for the ceiling fan light.
The two white wires should be tied to each other. The reddish brown from the ceiling and black wire from the fan should be tied to each other. If the ceiling fan has a light, then the blue wire should be tied in with the reddish brown from the ceiling and the black from the fan.
After everything is connected, wrap a few turns of electrical tape around the wirenuts and the wires before bolting everything in place.
Most importantly, make sure the wall switch (or circuit breaker) is off if it's not already.
Black is PROBABLY the lights; BLUE is USUALLY the fan.
I just added light kits to six ceiling fans in my house which was purchased last year. The fans were from various manufacturers. Every single one had a blue wire as the hot for the light kit. It was even bundled with a white wire and tagged "light kit" on a few of them.
Look at the wires coming from your ceiling fan. The black wire from the ceiling fan is the hot wire that runs the motor and turns the fan blades. The white wire is neutral and completes the fan circuit. The blue wire is the hot wire for the ceiling fan light fixture. The ceiling fan motor does not have a ground wire.
Either way, the black and the blue get nutted together to the hot in the electrical box, unless there's dedicated wiring for the light to be operated by a separate wall switch.
Either way, the black and the blue get nutted together to the hot in the electrical box,
unless there's dedicated wiring for the light to be operated by a separate wall switch.
Or... (and far better) the lights are tied to the switch loop black
but the fan is tied to the feed in the ceiling box.
So you can have the fan running with the lights off.
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"Newer" light kits assume a remote will control the whole shebang..
