Is red wire for rheostat control like a dimmer if or something you should be able to hook up the black wire from fan to one of wall wires and white from fan to other wall wire then see what works then disconnect the black from fan from wire it was connected to and connect red from fan to same wire from wall see what works sways insulate wire not hooked up when doing this and you did not mention a green wire or a bare ground wire so my suggestions may be a risky thing for you at this time this kind of stuff is not for the novice so it's ok to get a pro involved not taking the risk is always best with home or commercial wiring people get killed when messing around with high voltage like this or more than 12 volts be extremely careful my friend
SOURCE: wiring ceiling fans to wall switch
Hi Bigelow,
You need two switches. It sounds like the Electrician set up the junction box for two circuits(Lights and Fans). i say this because your supply has 4 wires, Red , Black, White and Bare. We may be able to oversome this with one Lutron Switch. Allow me to investigate, and I will be back.
SOURCE: Ceiling fan light works with wall switch, but comes on dim when I pull the chain for the fan
is the fan working correctly, if it is not it could be a bad armature or field
SOURCE: Wiring a ceiling fan w/light
To add to red54's comments:
This is what I believe you have:
- one source in the ceiling box (black & white)
- one donwline circuit in ceiling box going to another wall/ceiling box (black&white)
- on switch wire in ceiling box coming from your wall switch (black & white) -- this is the white wire which will be hot when the switch is truned on
Here's how it should be connected:
- all 3 blacks in ceiling box connected together -- no other wires in this bundle
- white wire (which is hot when switched) coming from switch connects to the black/blackwhite fan wires
- connect all reamining white wires together in bundle
- connect all ground wires together
It's that simple. Trick is figuring out, of the three cables in the ceiling box, which is source, which is downline, which is switch.
Maybe red54's procedure can help you figure that out.
SOURCE: Fan with remote won't work with wall switch. I
kjob, if you haven't figured you fan problem out yet, the must be set to the highest setting through the pull chain for it work correctly with the remote.
SOURCE: I purchased a ceiling fan
That is kinda confusing, but it sounds like the blue wire for the light kit should also be connected together with the red supply wire for the fan motor from the ceiling wires, and not the capped black wire. That is if the two wires to the fan motor are the white and red wires from the ceiling. Normally the white wire is a neutral wire and the black is the field wire and they both are alternating current "hot" wires, and the green wires are grounded to earth ground only.
Let me know if I understood that right about the wires from the ceiling, and let me know if you require any further assistance.
See if this diagram is correct
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