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guke121
Dec 3, 2009, 05:42 AM
I am putting up an unpackaged fan with a light on it. The person who bought it accidentally bought an outdoor fan. This fan comes with a blue, black, green, and white wire. The house has red, black, white, and ground. If I connect the fan black on wall black and white on white the fan comes on but the light will not. I also put the blue with the black and every other combo I could think of with no success. How do I wire the light?

ballengerb1
Dec 3, 2009, 10:06 AM
"The house has red, black, white, and ground." so you do have two switches controlling the ceiling box, right?

guke121
Dec 3, 2009, 10:34 AM
Correct. The fan is supposed to be controlled by a remote wich is wired like a wall switch but you can by pass that and the fan and light will just be on all the time when the switch is on. But I can't make the light work. I also looked at the wires being used for the actual light switches and only the black and the red are being used, not the white.

ballengerb1
Dec 3, 2009, 10:59 AM
White is the neutral, you do not have a circuit if the white is not connected, can't work. If you have a remote switch then you have a transmiter and an receiver in the fan. You could have a bad transmiter or receiver in this situation. How are you doing this "but you can by pass that and the fan and light "

ceilingfanrepair
Dec 3, 2009, 10:43 PM
Black - black
Blue - red
White - white
Ground - ground

NORMALLY works.

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