Ceiling fans use wires to power the fan and the light.
The circulated air from a ceiling fan makes skin feel cool by drying perspiration quickly, making it feel as much as eight degrees cooler. This can make a ceiling fan a low-cost alternative to air conditioning during summer months. Ceiling fans also help evenly distribute warm air from a heater. Some electrical circuits run the wires to the fan first, then the switches, while others run the wires to the switches, then the fan.
Instructions
Wiring Fan then Switch Circuits
1. Determine which set of wires in the fan's electrical-connection box, located where the fan connects to the ceiling, supplies power to the fan. Two sets of wires will lead to the box; one from a circuit breaker and one will lead to the switches. The set of wires with two insulated wires will lead to the circuit breaker. The set of wires with three insulated wires will lead to the switch.
2. Twist the green wire from the fan and all of the bare copper wires together with pliers. Secure the wires with a wire nut. A ceiling fan will use the green insulated wires as a ground wire. The remaining insulated wires, considered "Hot," control the fan and light.
3. Twist the white wire from the fan to the white wire coming from the circuit breaker with pliers. Secure the wires with a wire nut.
4. Twist the black wire from the fan to the black wire leading to the switches with pliers. Secure the wire with a wire nut.
5. Twist the fan's light wire, each manufacturer uses its own color, to the red wire leading to the switches with pliers. Secure the wires with a wire nut.
6. Twist the black wire from the circuit breaker to the white wire from the switches with pliers. Secure the wires with a wire nut.
7. Cut four 4-inch insulated jumper-wires, short wires used to connect two or more different parts of a circuit, with wire cutters and strip 1/2 inch from each end of each wire with wire strippers.
8. Connect one jumper wire to each switch's green ground-screw. Tighten the screw with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
9. Connect one jumper wire to the bottom electrical terminal on both switches. Tighten each electrical terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
10. Twist the ground wire, from the wire set, to both switch's ground screw jumper-wires with pliers. Secure these wires with a wire nut.
11. Twist the white wire to both jumper wires that connect to the switches' bottom electrical terminals with pliers. Secure these wires with a wire nut.
12. Connect the black wire to the fan switch's top electrical terminal. Tighten the electrical terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
13. Connect the red wire to the light switch's top electrical terminal. Tighten the terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
Wiring Switch then Fan Circuits
14. Determine which set of wires in the switch's electrical-connection box delivers power to the switch. Two sets of wires will lead to the box; one from a circuit breaker and one will lead to the fan. The set of wires with two insulated wires will lead to the circuit breaker. The set of wires with three insulated wires will lead to the fan.
15. Cut four 4-inch insulated jumper-wires with wire cutters and strip 1/2 inch from each end of each wire with wire strippers.
16. Connect one jumper wire to each green ground screw on both switches. Tighten the screw with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
17.Connect one jumper wire to the bottom electrical terminal on both switches. Tighten each electrical terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
18. Twist the two jumper wires from the ground screws to the two bare copper wires from the wire sets with pliers. Secure these wires with a wire nut.
19. Twist the two jumper wires from the switches' bottom electrical terminals to the black wire that leads to the circuit breaker with pliers. Secure these wires with a wire nut.
20. Twist the white wire from the circuit breaker to the white wire that leads to the fan with pliers. Secure these wires with a wire nut.
21. Connect the black wire that leads to the fan to the fan switch's top electrical terminal. Tighten the terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
22. Connect the red wire that leads to the fan's light to the light switch's top electrical terminal. Tighten the terminal with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
23. Twist the fan's green wire to the bare copper wire from the switches with pliers and secure them with a wire nut.
24. Twist the fan's black wire to the black wire from the switch with pliers and secure them with a wire nut.
25. Twist the fan's white wire to the white wire from the switch with pliers and secure them with a wire nut.
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Twist the fan's light wire to the red wire from the switch and secure it with a wire nut. Each fan manufacturer uses different colored light wires.
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