[topgun20037]

I am trying to install a ceiling fan with a light fixture. However my power will come from a wall switch which controls a single receptacle. Here are my quetions:

1. Do I have to put another switch next to the current one in place? If so how would I receive Power?

2. After running 14/ 2 wire to the ceiling fan, my conections would be all white tied togther and grounds correct?

Ok, here is my situation and plan to installing a ceiling fan with a light.

1. Existing switch is in place to control a single receptacle.
2. I would like for the receptacle to remain hot always and the switch to control the ceiling fan/light.

My plan is to use 14/3 wire and make a run down to the switch and uses it for the fan. The question is connections, please walk me through the connections needed. I believe all the white go together under one nut. All green are intertwined under the grounding screw. I am not sure about the black witch will be the hot? Do I need a jumper?

[Stratmando]

If you don't need to switch existing receptacle, then you may be able to fish wires from switch or receptacle. If easier to fish wiring from switch, then maybe make box 2 or 3 gang, that way you have ligh, fan, and receptacle switches.
Whites go together, greens or bares go together, the black will go to switch other to fan and light.
If you run 14-3 you can have separate fan and light without using a remote.

[ceilingfanrepair]

This is a duplicate thread.

We need to know if your power supply is feeding your switch or your outlet. You can't tap off the switch if it's a loop.

[hkstroud]

You must first determine the amperage of the circuit that the outlet is on. Find circuit breaker controlling outlet. If it is 15 amps you may use 14 gauge wire. If it is 20 amps you must 12 gauge wire. You must then determine if you are feeding (supplying current) to the outlet or to the switch.
Turn of breaker. Remove the switch. If you find only two wires, one white and one black, then you are feeding the outlet. If you find more than two wires, such as two white wires connected togeather and two black wires, each connected to the switch then you are feeding the switch.

If you are feeding the outlet, remove the outlet. You should find a white wire connected to the netural side of the outlet. You should also find a black wire connected to the hot side of the outlet and a black wire and a white wire connected togeather. The black wire of the black/white connection is the hot wire. The white of the black/white connection is going to the switch. The black wire connected to the outlet is coming back from the switch. Disconnect the black/white connection. Connect the black wire to the unused screw on the hot side of the outlet. Connect the white wire to the neutral side of the outlet.

Back to the switch. Remove the white wire from the switch. Connect it to the white wire going to the fan. Connect the black wire going to the fan to the switch. You should now have power at the outlet and at the fan (thru the switch).

If you are feeding the switch, connect the white wire from the fan to the two or more white wires you find already connected inside the switch box. Remove the two black connected to the switch. Connect these together with a wirenut and adding a short piece of black wire (a pigtail). Connect the pigtail to one side of the switch. Connect the black wire going to the fan to the other. You should now have unswitched power going to the outlet and switched power going to the fan.