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  • Oct 16, 2008, 01:22 PM
    mwells77
    Installing ceiling fan to existing junction box-wiring?
    I am intalling a ceiling fan with light to an existing junction box that had a chandelier light previously.(old home). I have one switch, and out of the junction box is 1 white, 1 black, 1 copper. The second set is 1 live black, 1 switched red, 1 white. Currently the two black are wire nutted together. I want to have switched lighting to my light and pull chain for my fan. It is a Harbor Breeze fan (which I might regret after reading some topics).
  • Oct 16, 2008, 01:24 PM
    stanfortyman
    All whites together.
    Black in ceiling to black from the fan.
    Red from the ceiling to the blue from the fan.

    You ARE replacing the box with a fan rated box, right?
  • Oct 16, 2008, 01:37 PM
    mwells77
    Thank you for your help. And I never thought about the ceiling fan rated box. It held a very large heavy old chandalier, but the load from the rotating blades will be great. I will do this first. Back to the hardware store. Better safe than sorry.
  • Oct 24, 2008, 11:01 PM
    ceilingfanrepair

    Did Stan's wiring work? If not, please tell us how the chandelier was wired.

    I'm daring enough to hang fans on non-rated metal boxes, but I wouldn't advise anyone else to do it.

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