AboutJ Cook Expertise General electrical wiring, including but not limited to, residential, panelboards, control wiring, low voltage wiring, Heating and A/C control wiring, single and three phase wiring.
Experience I have been doing electrical since high school. I have been licensed by the State of North Carolina for ten years and am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality. I have extensive control wiring experience.
Organizations Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.
Question My ceiling fan has a white/black/green. The box has a white/black/RED/copper(ground). I tried connecting the like colors together, but it did not work. Then I connected the black from fan to red (box) and it still didn't work.
What can I do?
Thanks,
Answer Hello Michael, the white on the fan and in the junction box should be the neutrals and will connect together. The green on the fan and the bare copper will connect together, and you are correct that these are the grounds. The ceiling fan usually has two " Hot " wires, one would be identified for the fan, and the other would be for the light if added. Be sure you have the fan wire, if you do not see any other wire, connect the black on the fan first to the black in the juction box, if this does not power the fan, connect the fan black wire to the red in the juction box. This junction box is usually controlled by a wall switch, make sure the wall switch is on and that the reverse switch on the fan is not in the center position between the two directions, and that the pull switch is in some position to make the fan operate. If none of this makes the fan operate, make sure there is not a tripped breaker. The black and red in the junction box should be separate breakers and if they have touched you could have tripped a breaker. Thanks and let me know, J
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