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  • Mar 15, 2008, 12:13 PM
    Scruffy22
    Ceiling fan wiring?
    I lost my diagram for the wires to my ceiling fan. I installed the pull chain switch for the fan and need to connect it up? The new switch has a Black - L, Red - 1, Blue - 2, White - 3. I assume the black - L is power. My old switch has Black - L, Grey - 1, Brown - 2, Purple-3. At the fan base I have a Purple, Brown and 2 connected Reds; I have a white, a blew and a red going to the lights. Now there's a little black box ( resistor? ) with a white going in and a red coming out.
    Do I hook the Black -L from the fan switch to the red coming out of the resistor box? This red wire is hooked to a red wire going up into the fan.
  • Mar 15, 2008, 10:49 PM
    ceilingfanrepair
    Fan black to switch black
    Fan grey to new switch red
    Fan brown to new switch blue
    Fan purple to new switch white.

    Try that.
  • Mar 16, 2008, 06:30 AM
    Scruffy22
    Black to Black did the trick... too simple. I just wasn't sure which wire in this mix brought the power to the fan. I should have assumed the fan and the light are completely independent of one another. Thank you for the help.
  • Mar 16, 2008, 07:08 AM
    Scruffy22
    I missed one step...
    I guess they are not independent... The 2 blacks I just put together make the fan run, but I think I now need to hook them to the light, in order to get light, fan and/or both, from the light pull switch. The light has a black, white and a red; do I hook into the Red or Black, in order to be able to run the fan alone, light alone or both together, from the light pull switch?
  • Mar 16, 2008, 09:07 PM
    ceilingfanrepair
    Your light kit has three wires, not including ground? I've never seen that before. What kind of light is it?

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