Outrageous Wiring A Ceiling Fan With Light To One Switch
With single switch wiring power to the fan is controlled by a standard single pole wall switch like a regular light switch.
Wiring a ceiling fan with light to one switch. Most new ceiling fans can be wired to either a single switch or a double switch. But if you are determined to control. With double switch wiring a fan with a light is connected to a double wall switch that controls power to the fan.
The fan has power when the switch is on while the fan speed and the light if the fan has one are controlled by pull chains on the fan itself or by a remote control device. So please open up the wall switch box and see if you have incoming power on one of the romex black from the breaker panel and the white neutral and then you have a second romex that goes up to your ceiling fan light box. Please like and subscribe my channel.
Use this wiring when the source is at the fixture and you want to control the feed to both components with the same switch. I also used a diagram picture thanks for watching. Line up your ceiling fan bracket with the holes in the electrical box that s in your ceiling.
And check the same at the ceiling fan fixture wiring box. If there s anything odd about the old fixture s wiring use tape to mark what wires go where. Three wire cable runs from the fan to the switch box and the source neutral is spliced to the white wire and to the fan neutral.
The black wire is connected to the other terminal running power back to the fan where it is spliced. A fan speed switch is typically connected to the black wire at the wall switch box and the black wire of the ceiling fan. Thread the wires coming out of your ceiling through the center of the bracket so that they hang freely below it.
Screw the ceiling fan bracket into the ceiling. Wiring a ceiling fan switch loop. Make sure the box is rated for a ceiling fan.