Ceiling Fan - HELP - Urgent!?

Question

i recently bought a ceiling fan from homebase,

i did some research before on how to install and it looked pretty easy, but now i have a big problem,

i cant get the fan to work and for some reason, one of the lights in the passageway has stopped working

Coming out of the ceiling i have 1 green wire which i believe is the ground, i have 2 black wires that have been joined and i assume its the neutral, i have another black wire with a red band, which i presume to be the live wire

there is also a bigger red wire hanging from the ceiling which is not in use

from the fan, i have a red and brown, which i joined together as they were separated as the fan and light, but since i thought there can be one wire of power supply, i joined them together, a yellow and green joined together, and a blue

can someone please help me,

i tried calling an electrician but no one is available for such a small job

thanx in advance

Answer 1

A couple of things you need to do.  First make sure the breaker is off before doing any work.  Turning the switch off alone is not safe and you still can get electrocuted.  If you did not turn off the breaker before, it may have tripped (causing the passageway light to stop working). This will also now make the fan not operate.  Provided your wiring was done correctly, by an electrician, that your guesses on the coloring is probably correct.  Best to test it with a current tester however.  Without seeing the actual wiring and the diagram from the fan, there is not much that can be done over the net.  GOOD LUCK and BE CAREFUL

Answer 2

This is not something you should do yourself, it's far more complicated than you may think. Don't use the lamp until it has been attended to by a qualified electrician due to the risk of electric shock and / or fire.

Answer 3

I certainly agree, if in doubt then get someone who knows what they are doing to take a look - they do not need to be an electrician, just someone who knows their live loop from their switched live.

Sorry, but this is a job that needs to be SEEN and TESTED and not one that can be answered on Yahoo :-(

Answer 4

your assumptions are wrong , depending on where you live

In the US with 120v current,  green is ground, black is hot, white is neutral, red is hot or a switch leg  The hot wire is usually switched at the switch.. Since your wires don't match these you will need to find out the hot wires and the switch leg. If you are in a country where the current is 220v, everything is different. reread the fan wiring instructions accordingly

Answer 5

You don't sound stupid but at the same time you don't sound like you know what the ring main is used for or how it works. Sure you know  how dangerous electricity can be and as such someone who know's what there doning needs to see this job and i know how hard it is to get people to come and see little jobs but it's for the best definitly.

Answer 6

DO NOT finish this yourself.

YOU just don't know what you're doing and that's dangerous.....

Answer 7

Your assumptions make sense for uk wiring, you don't say if you have connected the blue from the fan to the two blacks from the ceiling, you should do this, and the fan should work with the lights. Have you tried pulling the cord on the fan to select the mode, also the forward /reverse switch.