rickb45
Aug 15, 2008, 09:09 PM
I just bought a hunter model 22570 stonington with light.
The problem is the room was wired with two switches one for a fan and one for a light. When I took down the old light, the black wires from the light were connected to a single red wire, the white wires from the light were connected to a single white wire from the ceiling box. The copper wires were connected to each other, there was a single black wire from the ceiling box that had a wire nut on it nothing else. The instruction on the fan says to connect the green wire to the bare copper wire, then connect the white wire from the fan to the white (ungrounded) from the fan, OK did that, then comes the problem for a dual switch wiring: the black wire from the ceiling to the black wire from the fan. Well I have a red wire from the ceiling and that strange black wire that has a wire nut on it! The book goes on to say that the black/white wire from the fan to the wire for the wall switch. Well which color of wire from the ceiling box is the wall switch the white, the lone black wire with the wire nut or the red wire. Some body help me please I am just totally... :confused:
The problem is the room was wired with two switches one for a fan and one for a light. When I took down the old light, the black wires from the light were connected to a single red wire, the white wires from the light were connected to a single white wire from the ceiling box. The copper wires were connected to each other, there was a single black wire from the ceiling box that had a wire nut on it nothing else. The instruction on the fan says to connect the green wire to the bare copper wire, then connect the white wire from the fan to the white (ungrounded) from the fan, OK did that, then comes the problem for a dual switch wiring: the black wire from the ceiling to the black wire from the fan. Well I have a red wire from the ceiling and that strange black wire that has a wire nut on it! The book goes on to say that the black/white wire from the fan to the wire for the wall switch. Well which color of wire from the ceiling box is the wall switch the white, the lone black wire with the wire nut or the red wire. Some body help me please I am just totally... :confused: