Wiring diagrams for ceiling fan and light kit wiring diagram fan and light with source at ceiling. In this diagram the black wire of the ceiling fan is for the fan and the blue wire is for the light kit.
Ceiling Fan Wiring Diagram Light Switch House Electrical
Fan and light switch wiring. 3 way fan switch wiring diagram. Connect black wires together. Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Locate the switch cable which must be glued through the top or side of the box that serves the fan or the light. Twist the copper ends of the black and blue wires together like you did with the previous wires. Second remove the light fixture in the room.
Make sure the box is rated for a ceiling fan. Connect white wires together. The source is at the switch and 2 wire cable runs from there to the light. Connect the black and blue wires in your fan if you only have 1 switch. Connect the black and blue wires coming out of your fan. Wiring a single pole light switch here a single pole switch controls the power to a light fixture.
Using wire strippers peel an inch of insulation from the end of the black and white wires. Switched lines and neutral connect to a 3 wire cable that travels to the lightfan outlet box in the ceiling. To provide gfci protection for an exhaust fan the incoming circuit power connects to the line side of the gfci outlet then the wires for the exhaust fan connect to the load side of the gfci outlet. You can install a ceiling fan with a light in a room with a single light switch with a simple wiring trick. Connect the black fan cable together with the black light wire and the black switch wire and cover them. This will allow you to control your fan and lights with a single switch.
Switch hots and line neutral will connect to a 3 wire cable that travels to the fanlight outlet box in the ceiling. With single switch wiring power to the fan is controlled by a standard single pole wall switch like a regular light 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. To wire a 3 way switch circuit that controls both the fan and the light use this. Connect the greencopper wires together. The source hot wire is connected to a switch terminal and the other terminal is connected to the black cable wire.
This diagram is similar to the previous one but with the electrical. Turn the power back on and test the fan. With double switch wiring a fan with a light is connected to a double wall switch that controls power to the fan and the light separately. Tuck the wires back into the box. First turn off power to the fixture at the electrical panel. The line voltage enters the switch outlet box and the hot wire will connect to every switch.
The fan has power when the switch is on while the fan speed and the light if the fan has one are controlled by pull chains on the fan itself or by a remote control device. Ceiling fan and light switch wiring diagram. The switches for the exhaust fan and light are installed on the load side wiring as well.