The black cable wire connects the fan to the speed controller and the red wire connects the light to the dimmer. Use a step ladder to reach the base of the fan.
Wiring A Ceiling Fan For Separate Control Of Fan And Light
How to wire a fan controller. On thing fore the phase line wire to 3 point of switch and neutral to common wire fan motor. Use a stepladder to reach the wires in your ceiling and carefully cut away the plastic coating about 2 inches 51 cm from the end of the wires with a wire cutter. Wiring will vary according the manufacturer. Run the blue wire to fan 1 and the orange wire to the positive terminal of fan 2. Filmed this while filming my last vlog and wanted to do a dedicated diy on how to wire an electronic fan controller. This one is a schurz.
Turn the power back on and test the fan. These two wires are blue and orange in color these are the power wires for your dual fan setup. Remove the plastic caps that are on the ends of your wires. The live black wires should be connected to the brass screws. This is the updated wiring for this arrangement with a 2 wire cable added between the fanlight and switches. Connect the greencopper wires together.
I connect purple color wire of capacitor to 2 terminal of speed controller which 25 micro farad and 15 uf to 1 point of speed which yellow wire of capacitor. Make sure that all of the wires are first pulled through the electrical box to ensure that the face place will fit securely against the wall. Remove the canopy by unfastening the external screws with a screwdriver. Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Strip the ends of the wires. Wire up the fan speed switch control switch by following the normal wiring standards.
Connect black wires together. And red is common wire of capacitor and i connect this wire to start point of fan. To begin our how to install a fan controller diy article youll need to locate the two wiring positive leads that are supposed to go to your dual fans. In this video i show you how to install new pc fans in your computer how to install a fan controller how to position your fans in the right direction for air flow and more enjoy. The white wire is no longer used for hot and instead the source neutral is run through to the switch box to satisfy the. Tuck the wires back into the box.
Heres some similar controllers. To connect your wires the copper ends must be exposed. It may also change if the fan includes a light or your wall has a separate switch for the light and fan motor. Connect white wires together. Install the wireless ceiling fan control receiver into the base.
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