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  • Mar 12, 2009, 01:34 PM
    yarg3000
    How do I wire a 3 way fan switch?
    While replacing a pull chain switch on my Builders Best 3 speed reversible ceiling fan, I have forgotten how to hook up the wires. I currently have 1 red, 1 black and 1 gray wires coming from the bottom of the fan. The black box thingy(transformer?) has 2 gray wires on one end and a purple, a brown and a red wire on the other end. The new switch has a black, a blue and a dark pink wire on it.
    I do remember that the black from the fan went to the black on the switch.
    Any ideas?
  • Mar 12, 2009, 10:13 PM
    ceilingfanrepair

    The old switch, did it have 3 or 4 wires?

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  • Mar 13, 2009, 08:02 AM
    yarg3000
    It had 3 wires.
  • Mar 13, 2009, 10:29 PM
    ceilingfanrepair

    Try black - L, grey - 1, red - 2
  • Mar 19, 2009, 08:29 AM
    yarg3000
    I already had black to L. I had a choice of 2 grays to the black box and 1 to the fan and I had a choice of red to the black box and a red to the fan.
    So, I took the black box out and hooked the black from the fan to the L on the switch,the gray from the fan to the 1 on the switch and the red from the fan to the 2 on the switch.

    I had to pull the chain 3 times and the fan came on low reverse.

    Now that I know that I can switch wires around without blowing up the fan I will experiment with other combinations.

    Thank You
  • Mar 19, 2009, 11:25 AM
    ceilingfanrepair

    You might not have the right pullchain, check my link.
  • May 6, 2012, 07:45 PM
    funone2bwit
    Will you please fix my ceiling fan cause my boyfreind doesn't work and won't fix mine.

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