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  • Aug 3, 2007, 09:16 PM
    hillbillyhenry
    Ceiling fan electrical wiring
    I'm replacing my old wiring with new, boxes, wiring ,switches etc. I rewired everything in one room but my ceiling fan trips the breaker it is a harbor breeze kids fan/ black ,white and blue wires green for ground. Did I miss a step somewhere or have a wire crossed. White to white black to black blue to black and green to ground. Is this right or wrong.
  • Aug 3, 2007, 09:54 PM
    ceilingfanrepair
    That's right, it sounds like maybe two wires are touching that are not supposed to be. How many wires are there from the ceiling?

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  • Aug 4, 2007, 07:43 AM
    hillbillyhenry
    There are 3 wire from ceiling fan to junction box/black blue and white. I connected black to black blue to black and white to white. I'm trying to wire into a single switch 2 wire with a bare ground.
  • Aug 4, 2007, 01:46 PM
    ceilingfanrepair
    You only have two wires + ground in the ceiling?
  • Aug 5, 2007, 07:41 AM
    hillbillyhenry
    I fixed the problem I have an advanced home wiring book with several different wirng diagrams I found the problem and solved it. I had a 2 wire cable coming to the attic from power /1 cable from the switch and the wires from the fan- 1 black, 1 white , and 1 blue/ all whites connected together, all blacks connected together, and the blue from the fan connected to the black wires. I had to take the white from the switch and make it hot by coneccting it to the black from power.

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