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I've just installed a ceiling fan , there was no prior fan but there was aswitch at the door that controlled an outlet . the switch simply had a 12-2 wground going into it. Its a spst switch so black is going into switch as well asthe white . now I tried running from power supply into switch out to fan and ranthe white past switch right to tbe white on fan no luck I'm getting power to thefan but it's a remote fan an light with dimmer remote I tried every way that ivebeen reading . can anyone explain how to wire this I've got 12-2 with ground  atswitch  with white being hot I need it switched and fan tied in to the switch ?

Iggy · Accepted Answer

White's supposed to be neutral, not hot. So, you should connect the Black Fanwire to the White wire. The White Fan wire then connects to the Black wire. Youshould be good to go then. Though, you should put tape on the house White andlabel it as Hot and label the house Black as neutral.

Dean Hoffman · Answer

Safety warning. Turn the power off at the main breaker before doing anything wiring related. Who knows what someone might've done before you. The black should be the power supply to the switch. The white should be connected to the switch also. It will be the power supply to the fan when the switch is turned on. Mark it with colored tape at both ends to show it can be hot. Hook that white wire to the fans colored, probably black, wire. There should be another white wire there at the outlet. The fan's white wire connects to that. That second white wire is the neutral and shouldn't be switched. You should've been able to leave the wiring at the switch as it was. The only necessary wiring changes should've been at the outlet.

norm abrums · Answer

most ceiling fans (but not all) are wired as follows -black wire is motor -blue wire is light -white wire is common/neutral -green is ground

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