When light kit is 'dangling' from fan, the fan works - light works (separate dimmer switch for light & fan)... when I connect light housing up to fan body, light works - fan doesn't. OK with the theory that something is 'disconnecting'... how do I find out what?

Hi! We're installing a new ceiling fan that comes with a light. However, we do not wish to install the light; we're just going to use the coverplate. My question is, do we CAP OFF the BLUE wire or do we attach it to the BLACK wire, which controls the fan? Is either option OK? Thanks for...

I have a Hampton Bay ceiling fan with three wires emerging from the top: white, black, red, and green. Presently the white, black, and green are hooked up to a switch and the fan works fine. The red is capped. The fan also has a chain which I intend on keeping on the medium setting indefinitely. ...

I've been trying to figure out how to do this and I'm slowly getting there. I wasn't able to buy just the light switch itself, I had to buy the whole unit with one black wire and one white wire coming out top. I'm assuming that has to go back up into the fan unit but I'm stumped as to how I get...

I just purchased a Harbor Breeze 52in. Helix II Ceiling fan. The light kit came with the fan. There are 5 G9 blubes that came with the light kit. My problem is that the fan works properly but the lights will not come on. The instructions say to "connect the black wire plug from the fan to the...