Electrical wiring

[walleyejack]

Think i had enough for today hahaha. Will take apart the one i put in a few years ago in the other room and see what it looks like tomorrow. Maybe good fortune will shine on me Sunday.

 

Thanks for all the help guys

 

Al

[toca]

return the light fixture and tell them you want a new one and ur money back!

[toca]

also google aluminum wiring.

[Whopper]

Call Sparky

[nofish4me]

Just by chance, there wouldn't happen to be more than one light switch that would operate this fan?

[walleyejack]

Only 1 light switch

[Terry]

on the fixture...blues and blacks together..put them on the single white

 

white wire on fixture goes to the 2 white wires in the box..and damn it that should work...LOL

[Guest gbfisher]

Call Sparky

 

 

Now what would that do seeing as there are a few Licensed sparkys in this thread already...

Terry has it right and he's not licensed.

[walleyejack]

Terry, took er back and got another one. will try it again, dang, this might start me to drinkin in my hot rod lincoln, and i haven t had a drink in 3 months.. lol

 

Thanks Al

[toca]

yeah no problem

[Terry]

 

Terry has it right and he's not licensed.

 

Yeah

but

I did stay at a Holiday Inn

[Guest gbfisher]

Yeah

but

I did stay at a Holiday Inn

 

 

When you stayed there did you do any wire pulling?

[walleyejack]

EUREKA !!!!!

 

Fianlly got it working, had so much confidence in fellow OFC ers, that i didn t even test it as I went along,put the whole thing together,blades,lights, and sure enough,flipped the switch and it didn t work. Then i pulled the chain.

I thank everyone immensley for their input, and Terry who dug and kept coming up with suggestions. Thanks everyone.

[dave524]

I'm not an electrician, but I have done 4 fan/light combos in my home, all with switches for the light, three were retrofitting an existing light fixture and one was a new installation in the middle of the living room when I got a gas fireplace. All are wired the same, so the fan is allways live to the pull chain and the light is switched by the light switch, the pull chain for it is left on. I would say what we need to do is identify the pair of wires that go to the light switch, is that possible ? is there attic access ? What I've done is connect the black from the switch alone to the blue light wire, I then put a black band with marker on the white wire from the switch for future reference at the fan electrical box, connect all your black wires and the black banded wire together and the white wires together , guess the ground doesn't come in play here as it is only a 2 wire circuit. That should take care of it if I understand the problem correctly.

 

edit: I'm assuming the only wire going to the switch is the one dropped down a wall from the fan and there is not any run direct fron the fuse / breaker box.

Edited August 15, 2010 by dave524

[Terry]

When you stayed there did you do any wire pulling?

 

LOL..NO I just gave instructions on how to do it...........

[toca]

Interesting.....

[Guest gbfisher]

LOL..NO I just gave instructions on how to do it...........

 

Must be nice being paid well and having someone else pull your wire all day.

 

Desiganted wire pullers...

[Terry]

I find strippers make the best wire pullers........

 

they are so eager to learn

[Guest gbfisher]

I find strippers make the best wire pullers........

 

they are so eager to learn

 

 

As long as they don't nick the wires it's ok. You have to make sure you have good strippers though eh...

[toca]

yeah for a price