I am installing a new ceiling fan that came with a light fixture. This is replacing a ceiling fan that did not have a light. The fan works fine, but the light will not work. I reconnected the wires from the ceiling the same way it was wired previously.....black (ceiling) to black w/ white stripe (fan) and red (ceiling) to black (fan). Also, the wall outlet has no switch for the light on the fan; however the fan is controlled by a dimmer on a wall switch for a different light. Any ideas?
If you are controlling the fan with a dimmer that is also controlling a light, you have a problem. Lamp dimmers are not rated for motor control and should not be used for that purpose. There are fan motor control switches that look similar to lamp dimmers. Thers is either another switch or there may be a constant hot in the ceiling box.
It sounds like the fan wiring is black for the fan motor and black/white stripe is the fan light. Connect the black from the ceiling to the black of the fan, connect the red from the ceiling to the black/white stripe of the fan. If either the fan or the light does not work, try pulling the pull chain switches.
The dimmer that is conrolling the fan is set up as follows:
the actual light switch controls two lights above the fireplace, to the right of the switch is a dimmer for those lights, and to the left of the switch is a dimmer that controls the ceiling fan. There is an additional switch that controls a wall outlet that has a light plugged into it.
You say there are 2 whites, a black and a red in the ceiling box. Is the wiring method conduit or cable? If cable, how many cables and what iare the colors and number of wires in each cable.
Do you have something to test for power on the leads in the ceiling box?
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