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    May 19, 2010, 12:28 AM
    Connecting red black tan and wires to ceiling fan with blue black green and white wir
    How to connect red black tan and wires to ceiling fan with blue black green and white wires
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    May 19, 2010, 07:08 AM

    I do not know what you have coming to the box in the house but I can tell you about the fan wires. White is a common neutral for both fan and light. Black is the hot for the fan while blue is hot for the light. Green is grounding for everything. I wish you box wires were red,black and white which makes more sense to me. Black is/should be the hot. Red could be another hot from a second switch but now I am starting to guess, not a good thing to guess with 120 vac. Test those wires in the box and determine what they are
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    May 24, 2010, 10:54 AM

    Black-black
    Red-blue
    Tan-white

    Try that and report back.

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