How to install a dual ceiling fan and light dimmer switch 1. Remove the existing switch cover.
Replacing A Ceiling Fan Light With A Regular Light Fixture
Dual switch ceiling fan wiring. Both of the hot wires connect to a switch. The fan control switch usually connects to the black wire and the light kit switch to the red wire of the 3 way cable. You need to cap off one of them because in a remote control fan you only need one hot wire. So i have to switches on the wall one to control the fan and one for the lights. The wire colors coming from your ceiling may differ from those listed below. Cap it off using a wire nut and secure with electrical tape.
Though it is not difficult to wire a double switch careful attention to safety is crucial to prevent injury. Dual wall switch. Connect black wires together. Wiring your fan on a single or dual wall switch wire your fan. Tuck the wires back into the box. Connect the greencopper wires together.
Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Pull a 122 or 142 nm sheathed cable with ground from the ceiling fan box to the switch box. From the ceiling i have a red black and white wires and also a copper wire ground. Within the fans mechanism there are four wires red hot black hot white neutral and barecopper ground. From the fan i have a black and a white wire and also one that is black and white both colours on the same one. Route the wire through.
Single wall switch wiring. This wiring configuration is not preferred in new construction instead it is recommended that power be routed to the switch box if possible. To wire a double switch youll need to cut the power remove the old switch then feed and connect the wires into the double switch fixture. Connect white wires together. Switched lines and neutral connect to a 3 wire cable that travels to the lightfan outlet box in the ceiling. If you do not feel comfortable wiring your hunter fan please contact a certified electrician.
Turn off the power from the breaker box for the ceiling fan and light. If you only have a two wire lead from the location of the existing wall switch to the ceiling box white black plus ground you cannot install a dual wall switch that will work. Ceiling fan switch wiring diagram 2 line voltage enters the switch outlet box and the line wire connects to each switch. Ceiling fan wiring dual switches this ceiling fan wiring diagram can be used if the power source is supplied to the fan fixture. I suggest a wireless fan control. For example you might want to turn on a bathroom light separately from the ceiling fan.
Turn the power back on and test the fan. How to wire a ceiling fan with dual switch wiring. In fact nec 2011 requires most switch boxes to have a neutral conductor which in the configuration below cannot be supplied without running a separate 2 wire romex from the fixture to the switch box.
Gallery of Dual Switch Ceiling Fan Wiring
