December 5th, 2009 | 
Author: There are four switches in the room and two fans. The one fan works flawlessly, There are no problems at all, the 2nd fan isn’t working very well at all.
The wires are:
One black, one white, and one red coming from the house (I assume, they are not coming from the fan), they are all thicker wires
One black and one white in the fan, a green wire is attached to the base where the fan hangs.they are all thin wires
The fan is supposed to be remote controlled.
When i connect the black to black, white to white, and cap the red… the fan won’t spin no matter what I do and the lights are all really dim
If I connect white to white and the red from the house to the black from the fan, I hear an electric hum.
Please help!!!
I hate to answer a question with a question, but in this case it’s necessary. Have you made any changes? Why are you re-wiring the fan? It other words, what caused you to disconnect it in the first place?
Commonly, the red wire would go to the blue wire in the fan to control the lights separately from the fan. So you would have black to black, white to white and red to blue.
Feel free to email me directly if it makes it easier.
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black wire for hot, a red wire called a traveler wire designated as hot also, and a white wire for neutral.
Depending on the fan you should connect the red, with the black wires and cap them all together, and the white to white. Also depends on the age of the home as far as every wiring being correct. MAKE SURE POWER IS OFF WHEN WIRING.
My house was built in 2003 and that is how I do the wirind for my ceiling fans like I explained above. You can also contact a electrician and they will most likley answer that simple question for free just to make sure.
See link for more info
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/qnaelectrical9
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I hate to answer a question with a question, but in this case it’s necessary. Have you made any changes? Why are you re-wiring the fan? It other words, what caused you to disconnect it in the first place?
Commonly, the red wire would go to the blue wire in the fan to control the lights separately from the fan. So you would have black to black, white to white and red to blue.
Feel free to email me directly if it makes it easier.
References :
Master/Licensed Electrician
http://www.rickdoan.com
I bet your wires are backward. Just because its white doesn’t make it common. The motor wont spin but light will come on some what in this case. I know from experience I paid a crack-head to whire and old A frame of mine.
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"Guy" has it right, red is hot, as in power, black is hot as in power, connect these two together with a wirecap, after twisting them around one another, the white is always neutral.
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I’m afraid I have to agree with rdoan71!
The switches should be:
1 to control the fan in fixture A (black at fixture A)
1 to control the light in fixture A(red at fixture A)
1 to control the fab at fixture B(black at fixture B)
1 to control the light in fixture B(red at fixture B)
With white being the common.
Now it could be a bad fan.
But what do I know!
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PHD Electrical Engineering