Wiring A Fan Light Combo

Connect your white wires together and secure with wire nut.

Wiring a fan light combo.

These three in one fixtures work best when wired to a three function switch box allowing for individual control of the unit s functions from a single point. The main thing to consider wiring a ceiling fan and light is determining how you want that fan to be controlled. 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. Combination light heater and fan units can be incredibly handy in smaller bathrooms and other home areas that lack heating and cooling vents.

For this you ll need three twist on wire connectors. Bathroom exhaust fan heater electrical wiring if the power source is at the wall switch then the commons or neutrals tie together and are not switched. Connect two of the black. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire.

Usually the hot wire to the fan in a fan light combination kit is black while the blue wire is usually for light. For some that will be any combination from no switches using the included pull chains for powering the fan and or light and having separate switches for the light and fan. I have a junction box in an old house that was used to power a bathroom light. Then the white wire is the neutral which is connected to source neutral at the source or with the use of a splice in the switch box.

From the switches 3 wire cable runs to the ceiling outlet box. In order for the light to be controlled by its own switch the wiring between the switch and the fan unit needs a fourth wire a red wire to carry power to the light kit. 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. Attach the red and black wires from the fan light unit to the top terminal screws on the switches.

I would like to swap the light for a light fan combo. Pull electrical cable between the fan light and the switch. The white wire can also be used to carry current if needed. If the 12 3 has been installed between the wall switch and the combo unit then because this combo unit has three switched functions then you will need an additional 12 2 cable installed.

If you choose to do this. Connect the two white wires in the switch box together with a wire nut. I have a junction box in an old house that was used to power a bathroom light. If the fan has a pair of black wires and a pair of white ones you can wire the light separately from the fan.