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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 17:02:08 GMT -5
my 80 year odl father took his fan apart to wire a new switch in he threw away the old switch there are three wires running down the tube white black blue 1 red wire from capistor to 1 red wire running down into fan 1 black wire from cap to one on reverse switch three yellow wires two to reverse switch one down inside motor 3 orange two to reverse switch one to motor 2 brown one to reverse switch one inside motor DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO WIRE THIS MESS TO A SWITCH i have a 3 speed 4 wire swich now but i have know idea which wires go where
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 20:51:16 GMT -5
there are three wires running down the tube white black blue Black is hot (motor), blue is hot (light) white is neutral (both). 1 red wire from capistor to 1 red wire running down into fan That's correct. Most of the wiring is color-coded as you'll find out. 1 black wire from cap to one on reverse switch three yellow wires two to reverse switch one down inside motor 3 orange two to reverse switch one to motor 2 brown one to reverse switch one inside motor So far this sounds correct, what wires are left? Chances are there's grey, purple, brown, and perhaps some additional blacks and whites. A picture would help on this as well.
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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 22:12:49 GMT -5
heres the problem he took 3 oranges and put toget and caped them he took 3 orange one put toget and capped them 2 red together 2 blacks together 2 browns together what i need is which wires go where to hook up to the switch the switch has a L 1 2 3 4 what i need is what goes where
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Post by Sean B. on Dec 28, 2004 22:18:23 GMT -5
heres the problem he took 3 oranges and put toget and caped them he took 3 orange one put toget and capped them 2 red together 2 blacks together 2 browns together what i need is which wires go where to hook up to the switch the switch has a L 1 2 3 4 what i need is what goes where The black one goes in the spot labeled "L". The others can go any where.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:26:04 GMT -5
The black one goes in the spot labeled "L". The others can go any where. Dont open your mouth if you dont know what you're talking about.
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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 22:31:19 GMT -5
ok black one to L what others go where red orange brown
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Post by Sean B. on Dec 28, 2004 22:33:03 GMT -5
Dont open your mouth if you dont know what you're talking about. I opened it because I know what I am talking about.
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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 22:34:20 GMT -5
about the white one remember i have all 3 orange together which orange goes to the switch all 3 yellow together which one to switch two brown if ones goes to switch what do i do with other two red if one goes to switch what do i do with other
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:37:39 GMT -5
heres the problem he took 3 oranges and put toget and caped them he took 3 orange one put toget and capped them 2 red together 2 blacks together 2 browns together what i need is which wires go where to hook up to the switch the switch has a L 1 2 3 4 what i need is what goes where Generally speaking, that is the way these later imports are wired, by color code: all the oranges go together, all the yellows, etc. Yours is a little different because the capacitor has a black lead instead of a white, so black is also used as neutral. Let's start here: 1. The black lead coming from the downrod: is it connecting to anything? If not, it should be connected to L in your pullchain switch. If it DOES connect to something else, well, dont pay attention to anything else I say, we'll need to start over. 2. Is there one or more grey wires? If one, it should be connected to #1. If there's more than one, cap them together and pigtail to #1. 3. If you have a grey wire, chances are the other two colors not connected are brown and purple. Normally brown connects to #2 and purple to #3, but I've seen some fans reversed, so if when you turn the fan on your low and medium speeds are reversed, switch these two wires. This all, of course, depends on you having the correct sort of pullchain for your fan. There are different types, even different types of L-1-2-3. I noticed you also mentioned a 4, are you sure it isnt a 4 speed pullchain? Where did you get it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:39:11 GMT -5
ok black one to L what others go where red orange brown Ok are you talking about the red from the capacitor that also connects to the motor? This should not be one of the connections to the pullchain. Same with the orange which goes to two different blades of the reverse switch, from what I understand. What color wires do you have that are not connected to anything else?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:41:04 GMT -5
about the white one remember i have all 3 orange together which orange goes to the switch all 3 yellow together which one to switch two brown if ones goes to switch what do i do with other two red if one goes to switch what do i do with other The wires that connect to the switch shouldnt connect to anything else, with the possible exception of whichever connects to #1. It's not likely the red, orange, or yellow, from what you're telling me. It will NOT be one of the wires that connects to two places on the reverse switch. It will NOT be one of the wires that connects to the capacitor. It MAY be one of the wires that connects to one of the center blades on the reverse switch. Remember, everything is color coded.
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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 22:41:44 GMT -5
i connected the black to the L in the switch there are NO grey all the wires in the fan i listed just the way it looks 3 yellow 3 orange 2 red 2 brown 2 blacks and then 3 down the pole white black blue
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:42:05 GMT -5
I opened it because I know what I am talking about. Sean, you're clearly in over your head.
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Post by jlawson435 on Dec 28, 2004 22:48:33 GMT -5
ok lets try this again i have black blue white runs down tube i have one yellow wire from motor that he twisted together with two yellow wire from reverse switch i have one orange wire from motor that he twisted together with two orange wire from reverse switch in have one brown wire from motor twisted to one brown wire to reverse switch i have one red wire fro motor twisted together to one red wire from cap i have black from cap twisted together to one black wire on reverse switch
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2004 22:49:25 GMT -5
i connected the black to the L in the switch there are NO grey all the wires in the fan i listed just the way it looks 3 yellow 3 orange 2 red 2 brown 2 blacks and then 3 down the pole white black blue Ok, so the color coding isnt all standard. That's fine. Let's see if there are enough wires here to create a conventional hookup. If the hookup is non-standard than I, too, will be in over my head and likely you will be out of luck The two red-- one from the motor, and one from the capacitor, yes? The three orange-- two from the reverse switch, and one from the motor? The three yellow, same as the orange? The two blacks-- one from the motor, and one from the capacitor? The two browns, one from the motor, and one from the reverse switch? So so far we have: Two capacitor leads: red and black Five motor leads?: red, orange, yellow, black, brown? Five reverse switch leads?: two orange, two yellow, brown? And of course the three downrod leads. Is this correct? Are there any colors I mentioned incorrectly, or any missing? Theoretically there should be 6 reverse switch leads, 2 capacitor leads, 6 motor leads, and the three downrod leads.
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