Wiring Ceiling Fan Light With Dual Switch

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.

Wiring ceiling fan light with dual switch.

Ceiling fan with light kit wiring diagram. Wiring ceiling fans can seem complicated but the task really just depends on the type of fan you are installing and how you want it to operate. A remote can speed up or slow down the fan turn the fan on and off or turn the lights connected to the ceiling fan on and off. A single wall switch controls the power to the fan and light together whereas a dual wall switch has two separate switches one for the fan and the other for the light.

The source is at the switches and the input of each is spliced to the black source wire with a wire nut. If the existing wiring has. This wiring configuration is not preferred in new construction instead it is recommended that power be routed to the switch box if possible. The fan has power when the switch is on while the fan speed and the light if the fan has one are controlled by pull chains on the fan itself or by a remote control device.

There is a remote inside the inner working of the fan which responds to a remote control. With single switch wiring power to the fan is controlled by a standard single pole wall switch like a regular light switch. An existing wall dimmer switch must be replaced with a single on off wall switch before installing a hunter fan to ensure consistent power flow from the switch to the fan. Ceiling fan wiring dual switches this ceiling fan wiring diagram can be used if the power source is supplied to the fan fixture.

Household circuits usually consist of a black wire a white wire and a bare copper ground wire. Ceiling fans have different colored wires. If the existing wiring has no provisions for switching and changing or adding to the existing wiring is difficult or impossible and it only has power present at the ceiling outlet box then the pull chain switches that are a part of the ceiling fan assembly will have to be used for control of the fan and the light.