Ceiling fan wiring - Two Switches?
July 31st, 2009 | 
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Can someone tell me if what I did will cause any problems. I wired my ceiling fan with two stands of 12-2 wire. In my gang box, I connected all white wires together. I pig-tailed the black from the lead in wire to connect to the two switches. I then connected the black from one switch to the red on the fan, and the black from the other switch to the black on the fan. I connected all three whites at the fan together. Should this work properly? I have not taken power from my breaker to the room yet so I can’t test it. Thanks!
I am using two switches at one location to power the fan and light separately, so no they are not three-way switches. Correct me if I am wrong, but from what I gather here, I basicly have wired it as if it was 12-3 wire but have an extra white wire hooked in, but that should not cause any harm.
No one qualified above! Yes, you did it right. You powered each switch with a black or hot wire and then ran the power from each switch to the fan and light kit. Power will run through the switch turned on,, to the appropriate fixture and complete the circuit via your white/neutral wire. Also, wherever you have ground screws, attach your ground wire. No Problem.
who knows about wiring a ceiling fan and light to two seperate switches?
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umm, your probably suppose to leave that to a Qualified Professional. Especially if you don’t know what your doing and your asking some random strangers on Yahoo answers.
There is a chance someone could be electricuted or you burn your house down.
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Umm, that could lead to sparks, which leads to a fire. I recamend to call a electriction company bud.
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definitely take time to read the directions the fan came with. with older wired houses there is definitely a difference on how its wired and safety is Paramount. i hope this helps more than UMM that no loads use to answer questions just for points
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the correct way to it would be to run 12-3 wire (two hots) one to the fan motor and the other to the light kit. you could test it. at worst it wont work. i just re read you question. I think you will be OK
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Sounds right.
You need power from the box to the switch (or each switch if you are using two separate switch bodies.). then you need to take a wire from one switch to the red wire at the fan and a wire from the other switch to the black wire at the fan.
All of the white wires should be connected together at the fan and at the box, though you only need one white wire from the box to the fan, two white wires isn’t going to hurt anything as long as they are connected white to white only.
Connect green ground wires together too.
Should work.
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No one qualified above! Yes, you did it right. You powered each switch with a black or hot wire and then ran the power from each switch to the fan and light kit. Power will run through the switch turned on,, to the appropriate fixture and complete the circuit via your white/neutral wire. Also, wherever you have ground screws, attach your ground wire. No Problem.
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yes, that sounds like it will work just fine. All you did was pigtail the load (black wire) to two switches. The ceiling fan is wired just as it is suppose to be.
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Technically, you could have used 12/3 or 14/3. I don’t know if what you did is up to code, but physically, it should work. Looks like you’re going to have to pull out the tester and start diagnosing circuits and connections.
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Are you located in the USA? I am puzzled by one thing and that is the red wire. Usually ceiling fans have a black wire for the fan and a blue wire for the light fixture. But if you are in the US, this sounds correct and it should work just fine. Normally a 12-3 or a 14-3 wire would be used but there is not problem with what you have done.
Edit: You are correct, you simply have an extra white wire. No problem at all.
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I’m an electrician
Are you using 3 way switches? If you have two switches, they must be 3 way switches and you must have the right kind of wire for hooking up the fan and switches so you can break or make the circuit from either switch.
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