i have an older fan that only has 3 wires a black, white, and blue. and coming out of my ceiling theres only a black, and white. sooo wheres my ground wire from the ceiling? (the electrical box?) and is the blue wire from the fan my ground? cause i could ground it to the electrical box.
please help its hot here

thanx

ceilingfanrepair

Blue is hot for the light. If you have a metal ceiling box (it's a fan, so you definitely should) then it is the ground. You connect black and blue to black, white to white, and ground to the electrical box (and/or the fan's mounting bracket).

For more information:

http://www.ceiling-fans-n-more.com/c...fan-wiring.php

mikerenn

thanks alot you rock, now i want to hook up a light to the fan. so the light has a black, white, and green(ground) wire and at the bottem of the fan i only have a blue and white. so just to make sure, black to blue and white to white and green(ground) to where?
please and thank you its only getting hotter here

ceilingfanrepair

blue - black, white - white, and since both the light and fan are metal you shouldnt need to worry about the ground wire. I've never actually heard of a fan light kit with a ground wire.