This lower black wire should lead to the electrical panel, not the fan itself. Step-6Ĭonnect the black wire from the new switch to the lower black wire protruding from the wall by twisting the bare ends of the wire by hand. Unwrap and pull each wire out of the switch. Step-5ĭisconnect the old switch from the wall wires by turning the screws on the back of the switch with a screwdriver. You can also wrap a small piece of tape around each of the four hanging wires and note their connection point on the tape with a pen. Take a picture of the top wiring with a digital camera or phone to remember the wire connections. Four wires should be connected to the back of the old switch. Temporarily leave the old switch hanging. Pull the switch so that the connection wiring can be routed. Use a screwdriver to remove the screws holding the old switch to the wall. Using a screwdriver, remove the cover plate from the preceding switch. Verify that power to that power line is completely off by testing the circuit breaker with a non-contact circuit tester. Turn off the circuit breaker to remove power from the appliance circuit. You will also need to read the kit’s instructions thoroughly, as there are other important things I did not cover, and variations between kit manufacturers.Locate the fan and light circuit breaker on the main electrical panel.
#WIRING A CEILING FAN WITH LIGHT PLUS#
The transmitter will control the 3 fan speeds, plus infinite dimming of the light(s). Last, place the transmitter in where the light switch used to be. Next, reinstall the fan to the ceiling, making sure the fan speed is on its highest setting, and the light switch on the fan is turned on. This hot wire is attached to the appropriate receiver wire, then the remaining wires are hooked up to the fan wire, the light wire, and so on. What you end up with is a circuit to the fan that is always on, or hot. Remember to turn off the circuit at the breaker box. In your case, simply remove your existing switch and connect the remaining wires together. The kit consists of a receiver, which mounts inside the fan/ceiling plate, and a transmitter, which mounts on the wall. There are specific ones designed for a fan. It’s simple the wireless kit is widely available at all the home stores. If you want to avoid adding a switch and any potential wiring hassles, I would suggest you go wireless. One possibility is that the fan already has separate power sources for the fan and light, but the light switch controls only one of them. However, you probably do not have 2 switches, and besides, the reasons you have that extra wire are numerous, and may not play well into what you want to do with it. This would mean that the red/whit combination could be uses for one circuit, say, the light, while the black/white combination for the fan. You seem to have an extra wire since red and black usually denote “hot”, wires.
#WIRING A CEILING FAN WITH LIGHT MANUAL#
This is assuming that the fan/light is wired as simply as I think it is … again, the installation manual would be helpful here, especially if you’re not too familiar with electrical work. maybe red or orange … there should only be three wires – black, white and one other.) Connect the black sheathed electrical cable wire to the black fan wire and connect the red sheathed electrical cable wire to the other fan/light wire.įlip the switch for some high-voltage fun! The black wire is probably connected to two wires – one is black and one is some other color (probably striped or blue?. (white and copper can stay as they are) I’m assuming that the black wire is currently wired to the fan/light and the red wire is capped.
(The white and copper wires go directly from the breaker box to the fan/light assembly – they shouldn’t need to be changed from their current wiring.) Connect the red wire to the top terminal of the other switch. On the sheathed electrical cable going to the fan/light (black/red/white/copper) – connect the black wire to the top terminal of one switch. On the switch – whatever wire is coming into the current switch from the breaker box, disconnect it, attach two ‘pigtail’ wires to it with a wire nut and connect those two wires to the bottom terminal on the two new switches. If you have the installation guide, it probably has good instructions ….įirst, of course, make sure the circuit breaker is switched off.
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