I just removed my exisiting ceiling fan and noticed three wires coming from the box (white, red, black) and ground wire (attached to screw in box). I have two switches in the bedroom - one for the light and one for the fan. The chandelier I bought has two wires and a ground. Which wires do I connect to the ceiling wires - one extra wire? By the way, the wall switches are hooked up in the following manner. The light switch has a red wire and black wire with the ground. The fan switch has two blacks connected and the ground. The light switch black wire is capped off with one of the two black wires on the fan switch. Thank you in advance for your help. Love this site!

I am looking into adding some recessed lighting in my third floor hallway. Right now, it only has a single two-bulb ceiling fixture at the top of the stairs, so the other end of the hallway is always dark. I would like to replace the current fixture with a recessed can and add two more recessed fixtures down the hallway to provide more even lighting. However, being a 4-story townhouse, I have a sprinkler system and direct-wired smoke detectors. While at HD looking at light fixtures, the gentleman there stated that there may be a buildnig code requirement for spacing between a ceiling fixture and a sprinkler head to ensure that the heat from the bulb doesn't melt the element in the sprinkler head and set off the system. I have looked through the International Building Code (2003) and International Residential Code (2003) and haven't found any reference. I am going to try and look through the International Fire Protection Code tonight. If any one can point in the right direction or code book, I wuold appreciate it. Thanks, Neil