I am trying to replace a ceiling fan with a light fixture in my kitchen. When I took the fan down I found a black wire, a white wire, the green grounding wire, and a pink/purple wire. I have tried connected the light everyway possible. When I eliminate the pink/purple the light works but the light switch on the wall doesn't turn it off, its only possible to turn off with the fuse box. I tried putting the blacks with the pink/purple into one wire nut, same result. When I tried putting the pink/purple in with the white wires the switch turned off the light but sent out a spark and puff of smoke. Help where is it supposed to go?

 

Normally two hot wires are run when wiring is installed for the ceiling fan so that the light and fan can be controlled separately. When you replace this with a light, you only need one hot.

It would help tremendously if you could remember how the fan was connected before you took it down.

Use a wire nut to securely cap off the black wire from the ceiling (make sure it can't touch anything). Then connect the black from your light to only the pink/purple wire.

 

Oh, I am so happy that works. The ceiling fan had a white, black, and blue wire and was connected white to white, black to black, and pink to blue. Now I can go cook dinner!