Wiring Ceiling Fan Single Pole Switch

The wiring trick that lets you wire a ceiling fan with light to one switch.

Wiring ceiling fan single pole switch.

Tuck the wires back into the box. Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Connect the two black pigtail wires to the bottom brass screws on the switches by placing them in a clockwise direction around the screws and tightening the screws down on them. Connect the red and.

Use whichever wire in the box the old light fixture was connected to. If there is an. That s usually the hot wire for the light. Turn the power back on and test the fan.

Please like and subscribe my channel. Confirm the power is off by testing the appropriate wires in the fan or fixture electrical box. That second wire is usually blue or red. How to install ceiling fans.

Connect white wires together. Connect the green copper wires together. The ceiling fan will have a black wire and another non white wire. Take the mystery out of ceiling fan wiring.

Turn off the power to the fan circuit by switching off the appropriate breaker in your home s service. A fan speed switch is typically connected to the black wire at the wall switch box and the black wire of the ceiling fan. Twist those two wires together then connect them to the black or red wire that came out of your electrical box. The red wire is typically connected to the wall switch that controls the light which in turn is connected to the blue wire of the ceiling fan.

How to wire a single switch ceiling fan step 1.