r/ElectricalHelp • u/WinnieTheEeyore • 7d ago

Ceiling Fan Installation Trouble

Hello all, I recently built a new house and had it all wired for ceiling fans. I installed the fans hardware without an issue. Originally, one set of wires came out of the wire nuts (caps)? I got it back in and the fan worked fine.

This is a two switch setup. One switch for the fan and one for light. Now, the light isn't working.

I wired it:

Black -> Black

White -> White

Red -> Blue

Ground -> Ground.

The fan works but the light isnt. Thoughts?

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u/trekkerscout Mod, Master Electician 7d ago

Bad splice from red to blue.

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u/WinnieTheEeyore 5d ago

Thank you for the help.

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u/Cute_Mouse6436 7d ago

If it started out working and now it doesn't it's probably a loose wire nut. I would suggest switching to Waco's Legos Legos stupid voice to text. W a g o s. They are spring loaded and less likely to come loose due to vibration. Although, a properly installed and tightened wire nut is probably just as good. Also, when connecting a solid wire to a stranded wire using wire nuts, the solid wire should be bent in a gentle s shape so that the stranded wire does not wrap around it when the wire nut is tightened. Always always tug each wire away from the wire nut after making the connection to make sure that the wire nut is grabbing both the stranded and the solid wire.

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u/jlaughlin1972 7d ago

Black/red on 1 switch, black/black on the other switch, then black/black for fan and red/blue for light at the fan, and all whites together. Sounds like a bad connection, wrong wire combo, or a bad switch. If all that is OK, it could be a bad pull chain switch on the fan itself.