I am installing a Hunter fan in one of my rooms and wanted to know if the wiring is adequate for the fan. I heard that the wire gauge is different for a ceiling fan installation, and not sure if the right gauge is already installed. The house was built in 1995, and I took a few photos to look at.
The existing wiring came with the house and is a basic ceiling light. It has a copper wire (ground), a black wire (hot), and a white wire (neutral). The room currently has a single switch, so the instructions say to attach the copper to the fan’s green wire, the white to the fan’s white wire, and the black to the fans black and blank/white wire.
This seems fairly straight forward and hopefully when I turn on the switch the light goes on. And there is a pull string, so hopefully that will control the fan.
If you look at the existing ceiling box, it looks like it might be attached directly to a ceiling joist which would make the installation of a ceiling fan box much easier.
So a few items:
Is the wire gauge appropriate for a ceiling fan?
Does the dangling copper wire need to be covered with something?
Connecting the fan’s black wire and the fan’s black/white wire to the black wire from the house will not turn on both the fan and light together all the time?
The existing wiring came with the house and is a basic ceiling light. It has a copper wire (ground), a black wire (hot), and a white wire (neutral). The room currently has a single switch, so the instructions say to attach the copper to the fan’s green wire, the white to the fan’s white wire, and the black to the fans black and blank/white wire.
This seems fairly straight forward and hopefully when I turn on the switch the light goes on. And there is a pull string, so hopefully that will control the fan.
If you look at the existing ceiling box, it looks like it might be attached directly to a ceiling joist which would make the installation of a ceiling fan box much easier.
So a few items:
Is the wire gauge appropriate for a ceiling fan?
Does the dangling copper wire need to be covered with something?
Connecting the fan’s black wire and the fan’s black/white wire to the black wire from the house will not turn on both the fan and light together all the time?