3 white wires, 3 black wires on ceiling: switching from ceiling fan to light

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Jul 17, 2014, 05:46 PM

Thanks hkstroud. I have done what you described to have switch operational. Other rooms in my house work with this arrangement. Seemed odd when we moved in, but we're all used to it now, so I've done the same. I will keep the second set of instructions on file, though, in case we ever decide that it would be easier to just use remote without worrying about switch.

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