I have just taken off my old ceiling fan base, and in the junction box there are two white wires connected to a single white wire leading out from the motor, and there is a single red wire connected to a black and green wire from the motor. My new ceiling fan has 3 wires, a black, a white, and a black+white wire. How do I connect the new one to the old configuration?
2007-12-13 03:41:29 · 5 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
The fan was really old, and it came with the house. It was about 10 - 15 years old.
2007-12-13 04:04:33 · update #1
if you have 2 white wires there is probable a couple black wires there as well as the red. find out which is the 'hot' wire. Usually, when you have 3 wires (red, whit, blk) you can hook up the fan and light separately. Example, you can control the light by the switch and the fan is only controled by the chains, that way you can run the fan and not the light or vice versa. On the fan the blk/wht striped wire is usually for the light kit. If you don't want the light and fan separate and for some odd reason you don't have blk wires in you box then this is what you do:
Connect your wht fan to the two whts from the box
Connect your blk & blk/wht striped fan to the red from the box
Connect your grn from fan to the bare wire in the box or if none...then connect it to the junct. box
then finish the fan and the whole unit will be controlled first by the switch and then by the chains...
2007-12-13 04:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by Rk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have two white wires 'through` the box, they
SHOULD be neutral wires.
The black wire SHOULD be a power lead and a green
wire is the standard code for a ground which should NEVER
be connected direct to a power lead.
I suspect that the red wire should be the control
lead from whatever controlled the fan.
You don't mention a bare ground in the box, so
I assume this is an older wiring system with a
metallic box which should be grounded.
Use a meter to determine if this is the case.
****TEST WITH THE BREAKER "OFF".****
*There should be almost zero resistance between the white wires and the box.
There should be no continuity between the red wire
and the box.
It is possible that your fan was improperly installed,
that the case was 'live`, and that only luck prevented a serious problem, or the wiring is improperly 'color coded`.
Your fan should have come with installation instructions. These should tell you what connections should be made.
With the identifications supplied above, provided
they test correct, you should be OK following the
directions provided.
2007-12-13 07:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
connect red supply lead to black motor lead and black and white motor lead. connect the white supply lead to the white motor lead. there should also be a copper ground from supply that will be connected to the new fixture. the black/white is for a wall switch.
2007-12-13 04:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Winnie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call the place you bought it, or the manufacturer. There should be a diagram in the box with the fan.
2007-12-13 04:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by the hump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
balck to black and white to white...the green wire is the ground wire and the blue wire is for the lights if your fan has lights...hook the blue wire to the black to get power for lights
2016-04-09 00:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋