Ceiling Fan Installation with 3 sets of wires
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Ceiling Fan Installation with 3 sets of wires
I'm putting in a new ceiling fan with lighting kit where there used to be tracking. I took down the old light and had to undo the wires to reinforce the box as it was very loose. Anyhow, drew out the wiring before I removed it and thought I had followed it but now things are a bit messed up. There are three sets of wires in the ceiling. Each has a Black, White and Ground. I wired my celing fan's Black and blue to where the other light's black use to go and the white to the previous connection of the old light. Anyhow, I must have messed up somewhere because at one point I had it where the fan and light worked but the light switch controlling it no longer controlled it and the outlets along my outside wall didn't work. I rewired it according to suggestion from another forum and nothing works now.
So my understanding is that the three sets of wires at 1) Live from fuse box 2) Wires from light switch and 3) wires that take power out to the wall outlets. My ceiling fan has a black, blue and white wire. The black is supposed to be for the fan and the blue for the light. How should I do the wiring?
I will call the wire sets as such: 1: Switch 2: live wire 3:Outlet wires.
Thanks in Advance as I need help ASAP.
So my understanding is that the three sets of wires at 1) Live from fuse box 2) Wires from light switch and 3) wires that take power out to the wall outlets. My ceiling fan has a black, blue and white wire. The black is supposed to be for the fan and the blue for the light. How should I do the wiring?
I will call the wire sets as such: 1: Switch 2: live wire 3:Outlet wires.
Thanks in Advance as I need help ASAP.
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Where 1=Power in | 2=Switch Loop | 3=Load out
2-recolored white connected to 1-black and 3-black
Fan/light-white connected to 1-white and 3-white
Fan-black and Light-blue connected to 2-black.
All grounds together and if box is metal pigtailed to box. Box must be fan rated.
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how is his explanation more clear? the only difference between his and my wiring is he is reidentifying the switch white as direct power, and reidentifying the switch black as switched power.... my way only reidentify's switch white as switched power... why reidentify 2 wires? don't make it more complicated than it is. read my first post. that's all there is to it.
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Okay, so didn't get a chance to follow up. I connected everything as suggested but it's not working. I checked all the wires and none of them are showing as live. Is it possible that when I connnected a wrong wire I shorted the entire circuit somehow? I know it's possible but what to do short of calling an electrician now?
Anyway to check to see if I somehow killed the entire circuit and power line that was supposed to go to the fan?
Anyway to check to see if I somehow killed the entire circuit and power line that was supposed to go to the fan?
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I only turned on and off the one fuse switch that controls the living room. All the wall plugs on one side of the living room also don't work now as well. I'm afraid I fried it somewhere

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So I will go ahead and turn off all the breakers and turn the on again to see what happens. This thought never occured to me as I didn't see any of the other switches flipped or didn't think someone on one breaker could be affected by the others. As far as I'm concern everything else in my house still works.
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So I will go ahead and turn off all the breakers and turn the on again to see what happens. This thought never occured to me as I didn't see any of the other switches flipped or didn't think someone on one breaker could be affected by the others. As far as I'm concern everything else in my house still works.
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how is his explanation more clear? the only difference between his and my wiring is he is reidentifying the switch white as direct power, and reidentifying the switch black as switched power.... my way only reidentify's switch white as switched power... why reidentify 2 wires? don't make it more complicated than it is. read my first post. that's all there is to it.
The answers here always try to comply with the electrical codes.