View Full Version : How to install a Hampton Bay Ceiling Fan when wires don't match.
Sherdiaheights
May 21, 2009, 11:46 AM
Our fan has three wires, black, White & Blue. Our outlet in the ceiling has two blue and two black wires. We have two switches on the wall and no remote. We don't know what to connect to what.
stanfortyman
May 21, 2009, 01:48 PM
Two blue and two black?? That is odd. Are you sure the blues are not really white?
Was something there before? How was it hooked up?
You are in the US right?
Sherdiaheights
May 21, 2009, 04:27 PM
Ok, refreshed info:
2 white, 2 black in ceiling
Fan has: 1 blue, 1 white, 1 black
2 switches on Wall.
And, No, we are in Canada.
ballengerb1
May 21, 2009, 04:51 PM
Do you pl;an to use the wall switch , pull chains or a remote to control the fan. At the fan black is hot for fan, blue is hot for light and the whites can all bundle together, they are your neutrals.
Sherdiaheights
May 21, 2009, 04:56 PM
We will just use the wall switch, as there is no remote.
stanfortyman
May 21, 2009, 05:53 PM
Is there more than one light that the switch controls? If not then one of the whites and blacks are probably a switch loop.
How were they connected before? :confused:
hkstroud
May 21, 2009, 05:56 PM
Remove switchs. Tell us what wires are there.
Sherdiaheights
May 21, 2009, 06:57 PM
Thanks for all your help.
This is new wiring--the person who installed it is in Europe for quite a while yet.
One switch is to control the fan, the other to control the light in the fan.
ballengerb1
May 21, 2009, 08:30 PM
Now we might get some where. The black wire from the switch that controls the fan goes to the fan black. The black wire from the switch that controls the light goes to the light. The white is a common neutral and green is your ground. For a moment , when you mentioned two switches , most of us probably started thinking 3 way switch which, as it turns out, is not the case.
ceilingfanrepair
May 22, 2009, 06:05 PM
Try:
Fan black to ONE ceiling black
Fan blue to the OTHER ceiling black
Whites together
Tell us if it works.
Ceiling fan wiring - Ceiling Fans N More (http://www.ceiling-fans-n-more.com/ceiling-fan-wiring.php)
Sherdiaheights
May 25, 2009, 10:16 AM
It worked great. Thank you both for your help.
ceilingfanrepair
May 27, 2009, 06:14 PM
Glad you got it working.
Sherdiaheights
May 27, 2009, 07:16 PM
No, it was a new installation--a $5. garage sale fan, that's why we didn't have any instructions.