Ceiling Fan Wiring With Light

This wiring diagram illustrates the connections for a ceiling fan and light with two switches a speed controller for the fan and a dimmer for the lights.

Ceiling fan wiring with light.

The source is at the switches and the input of each is spliced to the black source wire with a wire nut. With these diagrams below it will take the guess work out. Here is a diagram to show how this circuit will be connected. To do this method the wire from your wall circuit to your light has to have 3 wires.

Ceiling fan connection light wired to light switch fan on off with pull chain the wiring diagram above is for typical installation wiring light is switched the fan is powered by a pull chain once you have found and identified all of the wires on your fan and in your electrical box you can get to work on connecting them. The white wire is your neutral wire the copper wire is the grounded wire and the black wire powers the fan. If you just need a ceiling fan remote by itself we have those as well. Wiring a light switch.

3 wire cable from 2 nd ceiling outlet down to the second 2 gang box for fan light control. If your ceiling fan has four wires check their colors again. The main thing to consider wiring a ceiling fan and light is determining how you want that fan to be controlled. This might seem intimidating but it does not have to be.

Ceiling fans with remotes give you complete control over the ceiling fan blades and lights from afar. From the switches 3 wire cable runs to the ceiling outlet box. The blue wire is the hot wire for the. For some that will be any combination from no switches using the included pull chains for powering the fan and or light and having separate switches for the light and fan.

The white wire is neutral and completes the fan circuit. Take a closer look at a ceiling fan wiring diagram. The black wire from the ceiling fan is the hot wire that runs the motor and turns the fan blades. Pick the diagram that is most like the scenario you are in and see if you can wire up your fan.

3 wire cable switch legs from first ceiling outlet down to a 2 gang box for the first set of switches for ceiling fan light control. If you want to run both the light and fan on one switch twist the blue and black wire from the unit together. Some setups will also have a blue wire which powers the lights on your fan. Your power supply line the black wire should be feeding both switches and those switches power the fan black or the light blue.

I will show only the first ceiling fan and control. The black and blue wires are called hot wires because they hold electrical current. Wiring ceiling fan and light with separate switches this method allows you to operate the fan and light power separately.