A red wire up in the ceiling fan junction box usually indicates that the wiring has been installed which provides separate switch for the light and a separate switch for the fan motor. Connect the red wire from the fan to the other terminal on the fan switch and the black wire to the light switch.
How To Install Ceiling Fans Family Handyman
Red black white and ground wires for ceiling fan. Red wire is sometimes included and acts as a conductor to carry power to the light kit. If you had a red wire coming from your ceiling it is hooked up to your wall switch. Twist all the white wires in the box together and cap them. Feed the black white red and copper wires through the hole in the center of the mounting plate. In the ceiling are 2 sets wires one has 3 wires. Black white and bare.
Black white red and bare. Being the main hot wire the primary function of the black wire is to provide current to the fans motor. The white wire of the ceiling fan is the main neutral for both the light fixture and the fan motor. The wires are black blackwhite and white. Green wire is for the ground. The other has 4 wires.
White wire is neutral. If your ceiling fan does not have a light fixture then simply cap off the red wire and attach the fan motor to the black wire. During installation of the ceiling fan this white wire should be attached to the other neutral wire of the house wiring. Place the ceiling fan motor on the floor and position the canopy on top of the motor feeding the. There is a green ground wire on the ceiling fan mount plate. Now coming out of the fan are 3 wires and the green ground.
Black wire is for the fan. 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. Blue wire is for the light if light is included with the fan.
Gallery of Red Black White And Ground Wires For Ceiling Fan
