Install Ceiling Fan With Light Wall Switch

If the wall is heavily insulated push conduit through the insulation and then feed wires or cable through the conduit.

Install ceiling fan with light wall switch.

How to install a fan light control switch. Replacing your old light switch with a 20 amp switch isn t a bad idea. This series of photos show the electric wire to ceiling fan box preparing to mount the ceiling fan box wire into the ceiling fan box through a wire bushing attaching the ground wire mounting the cradle bracket the ceiling fan wires are connected close the canopy attach the fan blades and wiring a double stack switch installing double stack switch and. A fan lazily spinning above the bed helps make warm nights comfortable but you don t need to sacrifice overhead lighting when you add a ceiling fan.

Before you install a new wall switch for your unit recheck the existing switch wiring with a circuit tester to ensure the power is off. Install the fan control switch according to the manufacturer s instructions. The biggest challenge is planning the cable route and running it from the fixture to the new wall switch position. It s best to make sure your light switch is up to carrying the load of both the fan and the light.

An existing wall dimmer switch must be replaced with a single on off wall switch before installing a hunter fan to ensure consistent power flow from the switch to the fan. Now when you. With double switch wiring a fan with a light is connected to a double wall switch that controls power to the fan and the light separately. A single wall switch controls the power to the fan and light together whereas a dual wall switch has two separate switches one for the fan and the other for the light.

A 20 amp switch costs about 3. The fan has power when the switch is on while the fan speed and the light if the fan has one are controlled by pull chains on the fan itself or by a remote control device. A standard 15 amp switch costs about 75 cents. That s how you wire a ceiling fan with light to one switch.