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Originally Posted by PIMking
I'm taking the old light out of the master bed room and install a new ceiling fan. Well I turned the power off at the circuit breaker and then removed the light. This is an older house and once I got the light off there are only three wires and two of them are tied together. None of the wires have any color codes at all, they're all black.
Any ideas?
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The single wire will be your switched hot (switch leg), the two wires "tied" together will be your neutral (common). Strip back the tape/wire nut from the common bundle and tie a "pigtail" onto this; the white wire on the fan should be connected to the pigtail. The black (or dark colored) wire is connected to the switched hot wire. As another poster mentioned it is imperative that a ceiling fan is mounted to a
fully supported device box.
This may require a trip into the attic to install a block between the trusses, fully supporting the device box. Prior to installing the fan, test the circuit by attaching a plastic bulb holder with a normal bulb to the wires as I've described above. Turn power on and throw the switch...
-light goes on/off? Install your fan...
-breaker trips/ switch doesn't work? shut the breaker down and call an electrician...
That's the best I can do without seeing/testing the wires, and I'm not coming to Alabama to do so...
Good luck, Ron