I have a new Hunter fan, wiring to overhead light already installed. My problem is I want to put the fan on dimmer switch and leave the light on fan going to the switches already there I know I'll have to run new wire for fan. The fan Hunter Model 2287 have plugs, I don't know which wires to wire to dimmer or light, or do you have to get a special type of fan for splitting up like I want. Thank You

First, you cannot use a dimmer switch. A light dimmer switch will damage the fan motor. You can use a wall mounted fan switch.

Exactly what you will have to do depends on how your house wiring is currently done.


In the first drawing, the power is brought to the wall switch. The neutral wire just passes through the box and goes to the fan/light. The wire for the light goes through the switch. Another wire is connected to the incoming hot and goes to the ceiling box where it is connected to the fan motor wiring.

In the second drawing, the house wiring brings the power to the ceiling box. The neutral is connected to the neutral of the fan/light. The incoming hot is connected to the fan motor wiring and to one of the wires going to the switch (should be the white). The power goes to the switch on one wire and comes back (when the switch is on) on the other. That wire is connected to the light wiring of the fan/light.

If your current house wiring is as drawing one you will only have to add the switch.

If your house wiring is as drawing two you will have to replace the existing wiring between the switch and the ceiling box with 3 conductor cable. You would use one wire of the 3 conductor cable to go to the switches. You would use one wire to come from one switch to the light, and one wire from the other switch to the fan .

All fans can be split. You cannot use a dimmer switch but you can use a fan control:

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The fan will have a black wire, a striped wire, and a white wire. Black is hot for the motor. Striped is hot for the light. White is neutral for both.

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