Ceiling Fans

Two separate switches – ceiling fan, light fixture on fan. How do I wire them?

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:54:52 +0000

Have 3 sets of wires in wall. Two each are 1 black/1 white. One is one striped wire/1 white wire. The two white wires matched with the black wires are nutted together.

Leave the wires that are connected alone. You can tie the white wires together with the white wire coming from the power. Each black wire will go to the two switches. Black from the power in, will go to the other screws on the two switches. To do this, you need 2 short black wires to put on each switch. Then connect them with the black power wire.

Question on Electrical connection for ceiling fan. Two way light switch wiring to be modified for Fan & light?

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:10:06 +0000

Ceiling light in the house has two way wiring. I want to replace this light with a fan with built in light. How can I modify it to have one switch for fan and one for light.

Pigtail the hot wire in the switch box so the one original hot becomes two hots. Put each hot wire on a separate switch, one for the fan, the other for the light. Now pull a 14-2 from the switch box to the fan and tie the neutral and ground wires together in the switch box, the remaining black wire is your switch leg which can either power you fan, or your light. NOTE: you need to replace the light box for a fan box in your ceiling, light boxes are not designed to hold the weight of a fan.

Ceiling light fan help, problem with the Light chain!!!?

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:23:55 +0000

My Ceiling fan has two chains, one for the fan blades and one for the lights however the chain for the lights is stuck. Is there any easy way to fix the chain so it can be pulled again so i can use the lights?

P.S: Tell me what I need to do to fix this problem by myself.
Tell me the steps to fix it Please.

Your light chain is connected to a switch which has probably gone bad. Your only option is to replace the switch. They sell a generic ceiling fan light switch at any hardware store.
You just have to make sure the power to the entire ceiling fan is off when you change it. To get to the switch you have to remove the light kit screws and let the light hang. There should be two wires going to the switch that’s sticking. You just unscrew the wire nuts and remove the nut holding the old switch on.
Install the new switch and hook the wires back up. Screw on the light kit and you’re done.
Good luck.

Remodeling my porch to a sunroom, that has a ceiling fan/light with two switches.?

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:21:55 +0000

My question is can i wire a ceiling fan/no light, two recessed lights, then an outlet w/o having to run new wiring? My thinking is there is 2 hot wires, black and red, so use the black for the fan, the red for the lights and outlet. Maybe i am way of base so any answers would be great

If both of the ungrounded (red & black) conductors are always hot, and you have a white or gray grounded (neutral) conductor present at that same location, then you have a multi wire branch circuit and it is already to do what you propose. If this is from a three-way light switch, then it will not work.

Anytime you are not certain that you can do the job safely, call a qualified licensed electrician; a little money spent to have the job done right is way better than many sleepless nights spent listening for the smoke alarm.

By the way, most Inspectors will consider a sun room to be habitable space and will require that you add additional receptacles to comply with the "6/12" rule of NEC 210.52.

Help with Remote Control for My Fan Turning On Both fans In my room and other room!?

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:47:16 +0000

Me and my brother both installed our Hampton Bay Ceiling fans. Both of ours came with a remote control (mine is a different model than his) Either way, when I turn on my light… His light turns on. And when he changes his fan it changes his fan as well as my fan. This is driving me ABSOLUTELY INSANE because I’ll just be sitting there and the light will just shut off, or all of a sudden my fan will go on very high. Is there anything I can do about this? I’m going to call the manufacturer if nobody can help me. Thanks for your time.
These controls are super powerful. His room is on the other side of the house and that is with BOTH doors closed… But the guard may work.
JackInIraq… You are a LIFESAVER

Identical fans mean identical remote controls. When you use one, both fans see the signal and respond. You can check with the store you bought them from and see if there is a way to change the coding for one fan, but I rather doubt it. Perhaps a better possibility is to locate the sensor on the fan that the sees the remote and put a little guard around it so it can’t see the remote in the other room. A simpler solution would be to close the door, but you may have reasons to keep the door open. You may have to replace the fan if there is another brand that uses different coding.

I have a ceiling fan/light and even when I install fresh light bulbs that work in other lamps, it will flicker?

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:46:54 +0000

After flickering for a little while it will eventually go out. Then randomly will turn back on, flicker some more, then go back out again. What is wrong with it? Is there any way to fix it without calling an electrician?

Take down the ceiling fan, and inspect the wiring. You should have three wires and a ground coming out of the ceiling box. The white goes to the white on the fan, and it is neutral. The black goes to the black on the fan, and this powers the fan. The red connects to the blue on the fan, and powers the light. Be sure these connections are secure with wire nuts.