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Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
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03-21-2009, 08:03 PM
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Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
Im installing a ceiling fan and the wires to hook up are a ground, white, black, and a black wire with a skinny white line on it. The instuctions only talk about hooking the ground to the ground the white to white and the black to black. What about the black and white wire? An what is its function? Also the wiring is old and doesn't have a ground, do I need to wire new or go withot the ground? Thanks for the help.
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03-21-2009, 08:07 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
The ceiling fan you're trying to hang, what's the weight limit on the box say?
You need to post this question about black and white wires on a different website. May I suggest: http://www.diychatroom.com/index.php |
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03-21-2009, 08:15 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
Just pulled down the ceiling fan in my buddies living room (damned Cathedral Ceilings anyway!) and sadly, I must report that I can not help you. His had a black wire, a white wire, a green wire and a black wire with a grey stripe. So I don't know how to deal with the skinny white line.
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03-21-2009, 08:20 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
A "Skinny White Line"???
Are you sure you are not confusing this with last nights Debauchery????
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03-21-2009, 08:24 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
The odd color wire, whether it be blue, red, or something with a stripe, is for the light portion of the fan/light.
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03-21-2009, 08:39 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
thats what i was thinking, do i hook it up with the black wire than?
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03-21-2009, 08:43 PM
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03-21-2009, 08:52 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
Scenarios like this is the reason you call an electrician today instead of the fire department tomorrow.
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03-21-2009, 09:01 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
yes you can tie that in with the black wire.just like what was said in the previous post that wire is for a light kit.its always good to hook that wire up so if you decide leter on you want to add a light kit you dont have to go back into the ceiling box to make the connection. just make sure its capped off in the in the bottom of the fan if ur not using it, sometimes its stripped and if u dont check it u will find out by the nice spark coming out of it.also if u have a 3 wire going to ur ceiling box u can hook it up to the 3rd wire and get a fan control switch which will let u control the fan or light seperately,which is a real nice feature.hope this helps.
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03-21-2009, 09:06 PM
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03-21-2009, 09:08 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
sorry forgot to mention the other part of ur question. everything should always be grounded its for safety.if u dont have a ground and cant get one to the box it will still be ok to use but just not as safe. check the connector on the box, sometimes they wrap the ground around the screw and its tough to c with all the wires in there if so u can attach to that. good luck
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03-21-2009, 09:23 PM
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03-21-2009, 09:37 PM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
sorry guys new here and still learning the ropes my bad
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03-21-2009, 09:41 PM
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 .And do you wish "to hold him in your arms, and keep him company"?.
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That IS the next line of the song ya know...........
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04-04-2009, 11:40 AM
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" Id like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company " http://www.lyricsdownload.com/the-ne...ng-lyrics.html Having trouble deleting the HTML code.
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04-04-2009, 11:47 AM
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Re: Installing A Ceiling Fan With Light
Uh... Thanks. Post deleted. Think I was pinting that night.
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