Line voltage enters the switch outlet box and the line wire connects to each switch.
Ceiling fan and light wiring diagram.
Wiring ceiling fans can seem complicated but the task really just depends on the type of fan you are installing and how you want it to operate.
With these diagrams below it will take the guess work out.
It could be a single switch wiring or double switch wiring.
The neutral wire from the source is spliced directly to the white wire on the ceiling fixture.
This might seem intimidating but it does not have to be.
The wiring arrangements for electrical source at the switch and at the ceiling fixture.
Pick the diagram that is most like the scenario you are in and see if you can wire up your fan.
Switched lines and neutral connect to a 3 wire cable that travels to the light fan outlet box in the ceiling the fan control switch usually connects to the black wire and the light kit switch to the red wire of the 3 way cable in this diagram the black wire of the ceiling fan is for the fan and the blue wire.
Three wire cable runs from there to the controllers on the wall.
Wiring diagram fan and light with source at ceiling.
Wiring a light switch.
This article contains a ceiling fan wiring diagram and a light kit.
The neutral wires and ground wires are not connected to the switch.
Take a closer look at a ceiling fan wiring diagram.
The wiring diagram above is for typical installation wiring light is switched the fan is powered by a pull chain once you have found and identified all of the wires on your fan and in your electrical box you can get to work on connecting them.
Ceiling fan connection light wired to light switch fan on off with pull chain.