Ceiling Fan Red Wire

Disconnect power at the circuit breaker box and check with a meter or test light that the black wire is not hot.

Ceiling fan red wire. A red wire up in the ceiling fan junction box usually indicates that the wiring has been installed which provides separate switch for the light and a separate switch for the fan motor. Also check the integrity of the white wire and the green copper. Finally connect the red wire from the electrical box to the remaining wire from the ceiling.

The convention is to use the red hot wire for the fan and the black hot wire to control the lights. And switching circuit along with color code of wire in different regional wire codes country specific. The red wire is used on a ceiling fan installation when the wiring includes two wall switches in which case one switch operates the light and the other switch operates the fan.

Third connect the two green wires from the ceiling fan kit to the exposed copper wire with a wire nut. Apart from this different company s ceiling fan has distinct color wires depending on what type of motor used in the fan some time that does not match with household wiring color. If the home is not pre wired for dual switches cap off the red wires.

If your ceiling fan does not have a light fixture then simply cap off the red wire and attach the fan motor to the black wire. Somanytech brings you the red wire ceiling fan wiring. Typically the red wire is controlled by a separate wall switch.

If the box in the ceiling has red black white and green or bare copper then there is a wall switch which energizes the red wire. It s common to use a three conductor cable with a red wire to hook up a ceiling fan and lights so that the lights and fan are controlled by separate switches.