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How To Install A Ceiling Fan Remote Family Handyman
No power to ceiling fan. The new fan worked for about 3 minutes then i lost power to that room. Black or red is usually fan power. Use a non contact voltage tester to see if you have any power at the switch. I reset the breaker in the breaker box and nothing no power. No power after installing new ceiling fan. The other white wire that you said had power that wire should be taped.
Electrical wiring can be tricky if you do not know what you are doing. If the fan wont run at all it is likely not getting power. This can be a simple troubleshoot to avoid having to spend your. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copperbare wire. Installing a ceiling fan without existing wiring means you will need to run cables to connect it to a power source. Blue is usually light power.
Do not run the power wire into the main electric panel or other power source until you have done everything else. See ceiling fan troubleshooting or electrical repair if this is not your problem. If you have no power at all that is the likely culprit. Connect the red wire in the ceiling to the black wire in the light kit and the black wire in the ceiling to the black. Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut. I am puzzled i just installed a fan with light kit replacing an older fan that also had a light kit.
Is this a fan box that can support the weight of the fan. In the ceiling there should be the group of white wires wirenutted together the white fan wire connects to this group do not include the one white wire that you tested ad found that it was hot. 1 post february 27 2016. Find the electrical panel that serves the ceiling fans circuit. When a ceiling fan doesnt work at all the first thing to do is to make sure it is receiving electrical power from its switch and from your homes circuit breaker or fuse box. There are many things that could happen and some of them may be dependent on just what type of ceiling fan unit this is.
Tuck the wires back into the box. First check the circuit breaker or fuse then the switch. Take a look at the box in the ceiling and make sure it is sturdy enough to hold a heavy vibrating fan. Many people will opt to let a professional do the job for them. Put it aside for connection later there is a group of black wires wirenutted together and separate from everything else these wires stay like that wirenutted together and separated from everything else. If power is passing through the switch to the fan and light unit then it is a pretty good guess that something has gone wrong with the unit itself.
Im not sure where you are coming from because this is an old thread. For example do you have power in the electrical box you are connecting to. Before replacing your ceiling fan always test the voltage coming out of your outlet switch and your power supply to your ceiling fan. If there is no power you want to check the circuit breaker first to see if it is tripped.
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