I have a bare, white, red and black from ceiling. The fan/light has whites, green, red, black, and blue?

Question

The ceiling wires come from 2 switches but the wiring diagram shows Red-Red, 2 whites from the ceiling each to whites, a black from the ceiling to blue in the light receptacle and another black from the ceiling to black from the fan receptacle. Can I just puts the whites togeather, the green to bare, red-red, and black to black with blue?

Answer 1

I hope that you have not undone everything...what you may have is  have is a 3-way set up. (One fixture, two switches..this would be true if the switches are at opposite ends of a room, for example).

or, you have one switch for the light and one switch for the fan motor

(where both switches are together)

OBTAIN A SIMPLE CHEAP TEST LIGHT TO SEE WHAT IS HOT WHEN YOU FLIP THE SWITCHES

for the first one this does not call for matching up the wire colors. If the switches have not been messed with, you can match up the old fixture wiring to the new fan. But if you have disconnected everything in the ceiling, you'll have to determine how the swtches are wired and label all the ceiling wires accordingly.

In my experience, the ceiling fan should only have a white(neutral), a green (ground), a black (power to motor) and a blue (power to light) if there are other wires, cap them and leave alone.

For the second example, match all the colors except connect the red in the ceiling to the blue, or if you have a simple $3 test light, you can determine which switch operates which wire. The only thing that will be under question is which switch you want to operate the light with (usually the closest one as you enter the room)  and the fan.

Answer 2

Sounds like you have a ground (bare), two hot wires (maybe white and red), and a neutral (may be black) from the ceiling. I would test with a multimeter to make sure. Is one switch for the fan and one for the light, or is it a dual switch. You really will need a multimeter to figure it out. Home wiring can be screwed up, especially if someone who doesn't know what they are doing has set it up, so you really will need to test it. There is no way to know for sure without testing.

Many people will wire the ceiling fan light into the switch, but wire the fan into an always hot wire, so they can operate the fan and the light independently.

What you said makes sense, but I would test it first. You can get a multimeter for $5 to $10 from a discount department store or harbor freight tools.

Answer 3

Sounds like you already have it figured out.I bet that works.