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Apr 16, 2008, 12:16 PM
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hi i just replaced my ceiling fan and i have this red wire left its for the switch on the wall i dont know where it splices to the black wire or white wire..the fan works and lights work the only way i can get the lights on now is using the chain.i have the white wires spliced together and the two black and blue wired together so where do i put the red wire so i can use the wall switch to turn the lights on
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Apr 16, 2008, 07:17 PM
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| What fan did you take down and what is the new fan? Is the new fan a remote fan?
Can someone move this to Electrical/Lighting? |
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Apr 16, 2008, 11:28 PM
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| sorry i alreadt threw the fan away | |
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Apr 16, 2008, 11:34 PM
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| Did you old fan have light switches on two different walls? | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 12:17 AM
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| no just on one wall,does the red wire get splice to the two white wires or the two black and one blue wire | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 11:15 AM
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| Blue is normally the hot for the light while black is the hot for the fan, whites are the neutrals. Does the red have power at any time, don't splice til wee talk more. Ceilingfan will be back and may help further. | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 11:31 AM
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| i dont know if it has power now what im thinking its the wire from the light switch on the wall if i splice it to the proper wire then the switch will work im not going to splice it now but my guess is it should go to the hot lead...let me know | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 11:36 AM
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| Do you have a tester? I would not splice the unknown red wire to anything yet. Put your test leads on the red and one white, any power. Try flipping switches to see if you can ever get power to the red wire. At this point we don't know if the red brings power into your box, sends power out to another fixture or switch or is just a piece of old abandon wire so do' splice it . | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 12:56 PM
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| The most common wiring would be:
Fan black to ceiling black, fan blue to ceiling red, white to white. Try that. Ceiling fan wiring - Ceiling Fans N More | |
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Apr 17, 2008, 06:03 PM
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| Ceiling, would this not mean the OP already has a double switch on the wall? He wasn't real clear where the red is coming from or going to so I'm getting a little confused. | |
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