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newguy24 · Jun 29, 2013, 10:23 PM

PLEASE help. I put up a new fan last night in home. Old owner took his fan but left down rod in place. I removed old rod, put up new fan. Original fan had white, red, black wires from home connected to same colors in original rod with no green connected, a bare wire was taped off in box. NEW FANhas blue, black, white green. I connected black black, white white, green to bare in ceiling, and blue to red.

Turned on light to fan and good to go.
Turned on fan (rotating knob)and good. Turned off. Turned on again and pop from the wall switch... Fan not working but the is.

What do I do now?

Thought about redoing wires to connect both black and blue to red wire and just use on switch.

Thought about connecting my

newguy24 · Jun 29, 2013, 10:26 PM

The light is working, but not the fan.

hkstroud · Jun 30, 2013, 03:55 AM

Turned on fan (rotating knob)and good.

Is that a fan speed control switch or a light dimmer switch?

Sounds like a light dimmer, and sounds like you blew it with fan. Remove it and if connected to black, replace it. Connect new dimmer to red and move black to other switch.

newguy24 · Jun 30, 2013, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Is that a fan speed control switch or a light dimmer switch?

Sounds like a light dimmer, and sounds like you blew it with fan. Remove it and if connected to black, replace it. Connect new dimmer to red and move black to other switch.

That makes perfect sense! Thank you very much!

newguy24 · Jun 30, 2013, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Is that a fan speed control switch or a light dimmer switch?

Sounds like a light dimmer, and sounds like you blew it with fan. Remove it and if connected to black, replace it. Connect new dimmer to red and move black to other switch.

I just removed face plate. The silver plate on dimmer is actually a fan speed controller after all, engraved on metal plate. I guess I should just get a new one?

Stratmando · Jun 30, 2013, 08:41 AM

If you still have problems, investigate the bare that is taped off, usually you want this to touch the box(ground), may have been hot with switchleg, and was insulated with tape to keep from blowing a dimmer or circuit?
I have seen some bad things.

hkstroud · Jun 30, 2013, 09:52 AM

Connections at switch should be white to white, black of incoming cable (2-wire) to both switches, black of 3-wire cable to fan switch, red of 3-wire cable to other switch.

If you have other wires describe wiring in switch box.

Strat,

investigate the bare that is taped off, usually you want this to touch the box(ground), may have been hot with switchleg,

The light is working, but not the fan.

Does not indicate tripped breaker.

newguy24 · Jun 30, 2013, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by hkstroud

Connections at switch should be white to white, black of incoming cable (2-wire) to both switches, black of 3-wire cable to fan switch, red of 3-wire cable to other switch.

If you have other wires describe wiring in switch box.

Strat,

Does not indicate tripped breaker.

OK, I Installed the new rotary action fan control on wall. Followed original wiring, 2 blacks to 2 blacks, 1 green to 1 green. Then I went to ceiling fan wiring to match the original wiring which means I capped off the bare wire again and did not connect the green. I turned everything on and its working fine.

So, no green (ground?) connected like it was the first time. Working great but is it safe?

Thank you for all of your help!

hkstroud · Jun 30, 2013, 12:35 PM

You are not telling us the complete story. The green and bare wires are ground wires. They are a safety thing and are not part of the electrical circuit.

You said you have a red wire in the ceiling. Either you have more wires in the ceiling than you at first described or you have a red wire in the switch box.

Describe all the wires in the ceiling and all the wires in the switch box.