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    DavidMoyer3333 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 25, 2008, 02:22 PM
    How do I connect my fan light to the switch?
    I have just installed a Hunter Fan which is a fan/light combo. The switch has two switches one for the fan and one for the light. I have connected the wires properly from the fan to the romex and am ready to connect the switch to the fan/light combo. How do I connect this? The switch has a black, a blue, and a red wire. The romex red wire is the one the Hunter directions says goes to the switch. Help please. Thank you David Moyer
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    Nov 25, 2008, 05:18 PM

    You need several wires running from the switch box to the fan to use your double switch. White wire is a shared neutral, black wire connected to one switch to bring 120 to the fan, run a blue wire from the other switch to the light. Running into the box you only need a white which does not attach to a switch at all, just passes through the box on the way to the fan. The black coming into the box supplies hot to both switches. A ground is also normally run, do you have enough wires running from the box to the fan?
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    Nov 26, 2008, 03:04 PM

    What sort of Romex do you have running from the fan to the switches, is it 14/3? I'm basically asking the same thing as Ballenger.

    And, what type of switch is there currently? How is it wired?
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    Nov 26, 2008, 03:12 PM

    In addition to what others are asking, did you have a fan in that location to begin with?
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