If either has a white wire instead of 2 blacks, be sure to connect it to the white. At the fan remote, if it has 2 black wires too, again one to black, and one to white. With this arrangement, the fan and light are turned off and on with the wall switch and the fan speeds are controlled with the builtin pull-chain on the fixture. Connect the incoming black feed wire to the black wire that goes to the fan. The source ground is spliced through to the ceiling box and connected to the green ground wire on the fan and to any grounding terminal found there. The source neutral is spliced through to the white wire on the fan. At the ceiling location, it's spliced to the black and blue wires from the fan and light. The black wire running to the ceiling box is connected to the other terminal on the switch. You will need to feed the light assembly kit wires through the centre plate and line them up with the corresponding fan wire: Black to black and white to white. Here the hot source is connected directly to the switch and 2-wire cable runs from there to the ceiling fan.
#WIRING A CEILING FAN WITH LIGHT TO A RED BLACK WHITE INSTALL#
The blade clearance might be in trouble if you choose to install fan in a high or sloped ceiling. The blades of ceiling fan need to be at least 7 feet above ground. Use this wiring when the power source originates at the wall box and you want to control both the fan and light with a single switch. First of all, it should be hung at least 8-9 feet above the ground since that’s when a fan can offer best airflow. With this arrangement, power to the fan is controlled with a builtin pull-chain on the motor housing and the light is controlled with the wall switch. The red wire on the 3-wire cable is connected to the switch and at the fan, it's spliced with the blue wire to the light. Hide gaps in drywall with oversized plates. Since a rule of thumb, you’ll want to have wiring that is very long to extend 3 inches outside of the electrical box. The source hot wire is spliced to the black fan wire to hardwire it directly to the circuit and to a pigtail connecting the switch. There are wire extensions available if you finish up cutting them short, but the wiring will work better if it is intact. The source neutral and ground are spliced through to the fan location. In this wiring, the source is at the switch and 3-wire cable runs from there to the fan and light. Answer (1 of 9): In homes in the U.S, most rooms that have or may have a ceiling fan installed in the future will have a 3-conductor wire (12/3 or 14/3 romex) run from the switch box to the fan box. Wiring a Fan and Light to a Single Switch