Wiring Ceiling Fan Single Pole Switch

Take the mystery out of ceiling fan wiring.

Wiring ceiling fan single pole switch.

Please like and subscribe my channel. How to install ceiling fans. 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. Use whichever wire in the box the old light fixture was connected to.

Ceiling fans are a great way to lower your energy bill and brighten up one of your favorite rooms. The wiring trick that lets you wire a ceiling fan with light to one switch. If there is an. The ceiling fan will have a black wire and another non white wire.

Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. A fan speed switch is typically connected to the black wire at the wall switch box and the black wire of the ceiling fan. How to wire a single switch ceiling fan step 1. Connect white wires together.

Now for the trick. That second wire is usually blue or red. That s usually the hot wire for the light. Connect black wires together.

Turn off the power to the fan circuit by switching off the appropriate breaker in your home s service. Twist those two wires together then connect them to the black or red wire that came out of your electrical box. Tuck the wires back into the box. Connect the green copper wires together.

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.