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I installed a ceiling fan. While it was running with the light off, the fan popped and sparked. I took the housing down to see what was going on with the wiring. I followed the directions, white to white, ground to ground, black to black and blue (from the fan). There is spot on blue wire...

My husband and I just installed a new ceiling fan where a light fixture used to be in our bedroom. Our house was built in 1926 but was rewired in 2010 I believe. The light has two switches, but only one of the switches has ever worked, so I assumed the other switch was for a fan. We took down...

I'm installing a ceiling fan with light. Fan/light has Green, Black, White and Black/White wires. Ceiling box has separate Black, White and Copper wires AND BUNDLED Black, White and Copper wires... NO RED WIRES. There are TWO wall switches - one for fan, one for light. The previous fan/light...

Hello, Recently attempted to install a ceiling fan where a light fixture had been installed. Replaced the box with one rated to hang the fan and now have two sets of wires that go to that box. The wires were so heavily taped when taking down the original couldn't tell how it was set up. One of...

I have four rooms upstairs in my house that each have a single light switch that controls a single outlet in the room. I want to convert it so that the outlet is always on and then have the light switch control a ceiling fan / light combo. I'm not exactly sure where to start on this to make sure...

Hi, newbie to the forum, and very basic skill set for DIY projects, so please be kind, and keep it simple... I took down an old ceiling fan/light today, neglecting to note which wires were connected to which wires. The old fixture had pull chains, one for fan, one for light. There was a wall...

Hi, I'm new here and have been struggling with this problem at my new house. The living room ceiling fan/light with a remote has not worked since we moved in a couple months ago. The fan and receiver are good, because I switched it from my bedroom where it worked no problem. In the junction...

Adding in a new ceiling fan to a builder wired box and want to be sure I'm doing it the correct way. Currently it's just a single light fixture to a single switch and I want to go to a ceiling fan / light combo with two separate switches. In the fan box (which is one of the bracketed fan...

Question: I would like to remove the right wall switch of a dual switch arrangement. What wiring changes do I need to make (see current wiring diagram attached)? Background: I just finished replacing a celing fan with one that has a remote control. Our house is new enough that it has a dual...

Is there a way to replace the standard light fixture in a room with a ceiling fan/light and control both independably from the wall switch? I know to do it correctly would require running additional wire to the fixture from the wall switch but wondered if there was another way. A dimmer for...