If you want to connect a ceiling fan then this can be done by you also. You just need to be little attentive while making the connections. Also for connecting different wires, tightly connect the wires and don’t use loose nuts as they make the connection loose. Never leave the connections uncovered and wrap an electric tape around it.
Mostly all the ceiling fans have 4 wires or say 3 wires plus a ground wire. Their colors are black, white, green and an additional color (usually red, blue, or black/white striped).
The black wire is the hot lead for the ceiling fan motor. The red/blue/striped wire is the hot lead for the optional light kit to the ceiling fan. The white wire is the neutral lead for both the ceiling fan motor and light kit. The green wire is ground wire for the entire setup.
While attaching the ceiling fan, neutral (white) wire from the ceiling fan assembly should be attached to the neutral (usually white) lead from the house wiring. One thing to note is that you may encounter a white wire while wiring the ceiling fan that has a marked piece of colored tape attached. This colored tape mostly signifies that this white wire is being used as something other than a neutral.
The ground (green) wire from the ceiling fan assembly should be attached to the ground (usually bare, sometimes green) lead from the house wiring. Some old build houses may not have a separate ground lead. In this case, the metal conduit and electrical boxes are used as ground. So you need to attach the ground wire from the ceiling fan to the electrical box (and/or mounting plate) with the suitable screw or clip.
Now you are left with two leads associated with the ceiling fan. These are the hot wires for the ceiling fan and its light kit. In case your ceiling fan doesn’t have a light kit then connect the black wire to the hot lead (usually black) from your power supply.
Other case could be that you are fixing the light kit along with your ceiling fan. In this case for providing connection to both of them, connect their hot terminals to the black lead in your home electric wire. But make sure that operating switch of both is separate.
After this your job is done. Like this you can easily connect a ceiling fan. However, you may face problems while doing it for first time, so call an expert who can help you in doing it successfully.
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