Use a stepladder to reach the wires in your ceiling and carefully cut away the plastic coating about 2 inches 51 cm from the end of the wires with a wire cutter. The best solution for this situation would be to convert the wiring at the outlet that is controlled by the wall switch so that the 2 wire cable that is installed between the switch and the outlet will no longer be used for the switching process but rather become a branch or extension of the wall outlet circuit so that there will be a hot neutral and a ground wire available at the switch box that can then be used for the ceiling fan.
Wiring A Fan To An Existing Switch That Also Controls An
How to wire a ceiling fan from an outlet. 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. Wiring switches for a ceiling fan and light. The white neutral wires are spliced together. Extending the wiring from a switched wall outlet provides the capability for the switch to control the ceiling fan separately by itself switched with the outlet or to be operated only by the pull chains on the ceiling fan. Lastly connect the blue wires together or the blue wire to the black wire for lights. This will allow you to add a light kit later on without having to rewire the fan.
Snip the plastic and slide it off to expose the copper wires. Connect the white wires neutral wires from your fan and ceiling together. With the described wiring scenario the ceiling fan cable should be installed to the wall outlet that is controlled by the wall switch. Connect the black wires together. Remove the plastic caps that are on the ends of your wires. The black wire is pig tailed with two leads one for the black wire for the fan one for the blue wire for the light.
To connect your wires the copper ends must be exposed. Here is the typical wiring for a ceiling fan that will be powered from a wall outlet. The power is spliced at the outlet and extended up to a double switch box. Connect the red and. For ceiling fans without lights follow the same step. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copperbare wire.
Gallery of How To Wire A Ceiling Fan From An Outlet
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