Just a note, most direction switches I have seen, actually all I have seen, have had 4 wires.

Are you talking about in the ceiling? What wires do you have in the ceiling?

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Originally Posted by ceilingfanrepair

Are you talking about in the ceiling? What wires do you have in the ceiling?

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Not sure if this question was for me or Stratmondo...

I've got three coming from the ceiling - black, white and copper.

Ok, you only need to run two wires down the downrod and through the fan, black and white. The fan and light will be controlled from the same wall switch.

So, after some thought, I decided to replace the old fan. It was heavy, a little on the noisy side, and the brass finish was in pretty rough shape.

The new fan (Harbor Breeze 52" Springfield from Lowes) has three lead wires running from the fan up to the ceiling - Black, blue and white. Since I've only got black and white coming from the ceiling, does that mean I can cap the blue off as it won't be used? Or is there some other wiring configuration... the manual doesn't really suggest that this will be possible.

I'd still like to control the light and fan from independent wall switches, but I'm not about to re-wire the whole room if that's what it will take to make this happen.

Connect the blue and black to the ceiling black.

Shame about the old fan-- It's MUCH better quality than the new one.

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Everything is up and running perfectly. Thanks for all your help... and thanks for the last link you sent. I'm bookmarking it if I decide to re-do any of my other fans.