[jjfollman]

I replaced a light fixture with a ceiling fan with light fixture. The issue is the wall switch will no longer control the light/fan. I install them so both the light and fan is controlled by the wall switch meaning I can flip the switch to turn the light/fan on or off at once. My issue is the room where I installed it has 2 wall switches one on either side of the room that both control the same fixture, just so no matter what side of the room you enter you can turn on the light. The problem I have is the wall switch no longer controls the fan meaning if I have the chain pulled and the light on and flip the wall switch to the off position the light stays on, it doesn't matter which switch I use it never turns the light off. Here are the wires that I have. I have black, white and bare wire coming from the ceiling. Looking at the wall switches, there is a black white and red wires on there. Anyone have any idea how to wire this so the wall switches will work again? Thank You

 

[jbfan]

The fan wires to the same wires the light fixture used.
If the lights worked properly, you have undone a connection that did not need to be touched.

Pics of the wires in the ceiling and in the switches will help.

 

[jjfollman]

I did make sure to match the wires on the ceiling fan fixture to the light fixture but here are the photos.

 

[joed]

Did you change anything in the switch box?
The has to be another box somewhere. I do not see where the power comes in or where the light cable goes to the switch box, unless one of the switch boxes also has a black and white cable in it.

 

[jjfollman]

I did not change anything on the switch box, on one of the boxes there are bunch of wires deeper in the box itself, I will get a photo of it.

 

[jjfollman]

Well I guess I just needed to take it apart and put it back in. I reconnected all the wires again and now it is working fine, I am guessing I didn't have something connected correct before. Thanks to all who responded.

 

[joed]

If the fan has stranded wires then that is likely the issue. It can be tricky to get stranded and solid wires connected tightly in wire nuts sometimes.

 

[MrElectricianTV]

I did make sure to match the wires on the ceiling fan fixture to the light fixture but here are the photos.

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The ceiling fan needs to have a fan rated electrical box to support it. You have an ordinary pancake box. You can buy a fan rated pancake box.