Wire A Ceiling Fan With Exposed Wires

Wiring a ceiling fan is a simple process.

While the idea of working with electricity and installing a ceiling fan may seem daunting, it is actually a relatively simple task, provided you take proper precautions. If wires have already been run from your breaker box and are exposed out of the ceiling, the hardest step has already been completed.

Instructions

Preparation

1. Turn off the power to the exposed wires. If you are confident in your breaker box's labels, you can simply flip the breaker to the outlet or room you're working on. If there is any doubt about which breaker to flip, it is safest to flip the main breaker. This will turn off all of the power in your home.

2. Identify your wires. There are two wires coming out of the ceiling, one white and one black. There are at least three wires coming out of the fan. The black wire is the "hot" wire, which carries the electricity into the fan motor. The white wire is neutral, and the green wire is the ground wire. If the fan has lights, there will also be a blue wire, which is the hot wire that carries electricity to the lights.

3. Clip the wires coming out of the ceiling fan motor, leaving each wire four inches long. Strip a one-half inch length of insulation off of the end of each wire.

Wiring the fan

4. Twist the exposed ends of the green and white wires together, then twist them together with the white wire coming out of the ceiling, securing the bundle with one of your wire nuts.

5. Twist the black and blue wires together (there will not be a blue wire if the fan does not have lights), then twist them to the black wire coming out of the ceiling, securing the bundle with a wire nut.

6. There may also be a red wire coming out of the ceiling. If there is, connect the blue wire from the ceiling fan to the red wire. Your wiring would then be: the white and green from the fan connected to the white from the ceiling; the black connected to the black; and the blue connected to the red.

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