Wiring A Fan With Light

Hook the neutral and ground wires first.

Wiring a fan with light.

Want to turn a lamp on with a light switch. The wiring diagram above is for typical installation wiring light is switched the fan is powered by a pull chain once you have found and identified all of the wires on your fan and in your electrical box you can get to work on connecting them. Attach the ceiling fan s light kit wiring to the wiring harness hanging beneath the fan motor. Install the lamp globes and light.

The ground should be coming off of your frame. Step by step instructions on how to wire a switched outlet. Make a pigtail of the ground wire using two 6 inch lengths of bare wire and connect one ground wire to the fan switch and one to the light switch. Connect the black and blue wires in your fan if you only have 1 switch.

If there is a bare ground wire in the fixture often found in ceiling fans and exterior fixtures twist it together with the ground wire from the cable and put a wire nut on it. The source is at the switches and the input of each is spliced to the black source wire with a wire nut. Twist all the white wires in the box together and cap them. Connect the black and blue wires coming out of your fan.

The ceiling fan motor does not have a ground wire. Wire a switched outlet. Sometimes it is handy to have an outlet controlled by a switch. Now connect the neutral wires from the ceiling and fan together.

Wiring ceiling fan and light with one switch this method allows you to turn on the fan and the light from one single wall switch cutting out the necessity to use the pull chain every time you want to adjust the fan. Jan 24 18 02 26 pm. Jan 24 18 02 09 pm. Connect the red wire from the fan to the other terminal on the fan switch and the black wire to the light switch.

This wiring diagram illustrates the connections for a ceiling fan and light with two switches a speed controller for the fan and a dimmer for the lights. This will allow you to control your fan and lights with a single switch. Twist the copper ends of the black and blue wires together like you did with the previous wires. Remember that the hot black or red wire goes to the brass colored screw neutral white to the silver screw.

Switched outlet wiring diagram. Connect the green copper wires together. For this you ll need three twist on wire connectors. If you want to run both the light and fan on one switch twist the blue and black wire from the unit together.

Find the short green wire or the green ground screw on your ceiling fan hanging. Mount the light kit to the motor by tightening the mounting screws.