Replacing ceiling fan in son's bedroom...do you have either fan?
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Do you have any ceiling fans?
Comments (33)It is interesting about the love/hate of the look. Every time I have my lovely white ones on in my high ceiling rooms I am almost immediately transported back to "Casablanca" :) I don't have them going fast and furious...just a nice lazy round and round. I find it not only cooling but also very hypnotic and restful. Lace curtain at the window flutters just a little and the shadows move...ice tinkles in a tall glass of tea...page turning in a good long interesting book...mmmmh. Nice that we each have different tastes. I have an extension pole and the brush attachment to dust the blades. Easy to do. c...See MoreNeed Help Replacing Ceiling Fan Switch
Comments (3)First, the green wire on the switch is for grounding, and must be connected to a green or bare copper wire from the wall. If you don't have one of those, you'll either need to rewire, or purchase a switch that doesn't require a ground. White wires (neutrals) should be left alone. There is not enough information provided to tell you about how the other wires should be connected. In a typical set up, one of the black wires in one cable is your supply. The other black and the red will be in a second cable and will go to the fan/light combination. The instructions in the switch package will tell you which wire should be connected to which. There's no guarantee that the new and old switch will follow the same wire color scheme. Make sure that all of your connections are tightly made using approved wire nuts....See Morereplacing a ceiling fan wall switch with a dimmer
Comments (4)Wall switches/simple dimmers deal with one function only, the starting/stopping of nominal 120v ac electricity going to the fixture which contains the load. Only the load should have a neutral (white) line leaving it plus the switchable line from the switch entering it. So your old switch should have two wires connecting to it, one bringing in 120v power (black?) to the switch and the other (hopefully not white) when switch is "ON" sending power to the fixture. The dimmer you purchase will contain installation instructions to thoroughly cover all this without doubt. Here is a link that might be useful: Install dimmer...See MoreInstall foyer light and replaced ceiling fan porblem light stays
Comments (4)Sorry, this seems rather confused. What is a "blue green combo"? "It had a white wire a green wire and a ground" also can't be right; the green wire IS the ground. Green is always ground. White is always neutral (except as below). Other colors, including blue, are hot. Ground and neutral are never connected together except at the main disconnect. Hot and neutral are never connected together. Hot and ground are never connected together. The only times when white can be hot, and may be connected to black, are when wiring a switchloop, or when using cable assemblies for wiring 240 volt circuits. In these cases the white conductor should be re-marked as black, red, or other non-green, non-white color, to avoid confusion. I don't think either of these applies here. If you actually have red connected to green, you've connected hot to ground. You may be in danger of electrocuting someone - such as yourself. However, it's hard to tell whether you really have it set up that way, because I'm having a lot of trouble reading what you wrote. You use almost no punctuation and capitalization. Is that really necessary? You aren't typing on a cell phone here. Maybe I'm just a cranky old so and so, but if you can't take time to write properly and clearly, I don't see how you can expect anyone to take time to respond....See Morevampiressrn
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