Wiring A Ceiling Fan Light Kit

Turn the power back on.

Wiring a ceiling fan light kit. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. There are also lots of really convenient switches that put this dual control into one neat little package. Find the short green wire or the green ground screw on your ceiling fan hanging. Typically there are two wires with a big white label that reads fan light kit wires.

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 wire in the fan. Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut. Once the cover plate is removed it provides a connection for the light kit. In order for the light to be controlled by its own switch the wiring between the switch and the fan unit needs a fourth wire a red wire to carry power to the light kit.

The source is at the switches and the input of each is spliced to the black source wire with a wire nut. Wiring a ceiling fan with light is definitely a diy job that anyone comfortable doing basic electrical work can tackle. Tuck the wires back into the box. Attach the ceiling fan s light kit wiring to the wiring harness hanging beneath the fan motor.

Ceiling fan with light kit wiring diagram this wiring diagram illustrates the connections for a ceiling fan and light with two switches a speed controller for the fan and a dimmer for the lights. Mount the light kit to the motor by tightening the mounting screws. Switching the light and fan from separate switches two switches this is the most versatile way to electrically wire a ceiling fan with a light kit. Install the lamp globes and light.

It allows for separate control over both the fan and the light in the room. The ceiling fan motor does not have a ground wire.