Electrical Normal Ceiling Fan Connection

As you can see it s a simple connection that feeds power to both the fan and optional light kit.

Electrical normal ceiling fan connection.

The ceiling mounted electrical junction box must be approved for the weight of the ceiling fan. Ul approved ceiling fan boxes are required by code this is for your safety and protection. Connect the black wires together. Mount your bracket onto the ceiling and hang the fan on the bracket.

This wiring diagram illustrates the connections for a ceiling fan and light with two switches a speed controller for the fan and a dimmer for the lights. Most electrical ground wires are. Taking your ground wire and wire nutting those together. And you re going to hook this up to the ceiling fan by taking your neutral and wire nutting them together.

Once you do that it s just a matter of connecting the right wires together and properly screwing your fan into the ceiling. Wiring this type of electrical connection looks like this. The ground and neutral wires simply get tied together as you d expect. To connect your ceiling fan to existing wires make sure that you have the right fan hardware and cut off the electricity leading to those wires.

Lastly connect the blue wires together or the blue wire to the black wire for lights. The source is at the switches and the input of each is spliced to the black source wire with a wire nut. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire. Ceiling fans should never be mounted to regular plastic or fiberglass light fixture boxes.