How To Wire A Ceiling Switch

How to wire a single switch ceiling fan step 1.

How to wire a ceiling switch. Two wire cable runs from the combo to the light fixture and the switch output is connected to the black wire running to the fixture hot terminal. At the light it connects to the neutral terminal. Now for the trick.

Turn off the power to the existing light. The ceiling fan will have a black wire and another non white wire. Find the main breaker box and turn off either the individual breaker for.

Finishing the installation 1. Twist those two wires together then connect them to the black or red wire that came out of your electrical box. The wiring trick that lets you wire a ceiling fan with light to one switch.

The ceiling light fixture requires a neutral for the light to work and your wall switch box does not have a neutral wire available so additional wiring will be. Screw in the fan faceplate over the bracket. Wiring diagram arrives with a number of easy to adhere to wiring diagram directions.

The source neutral wire is spliced to the neutral on the receptacle half of the combo device and to the white cable wire running to the light. Connect white wires together. Then splice the fixture s black lead into the new black wire.

Secure the wire to the joists with electric staples. Mount the electrical box with madison bars in the wall and wire the switch. Remove the old ceiling light.