Red wire ceiling fan wiring- 7 diagrams for wiring a fan
Wiring a ceiling fan seems to be a demanding job but it’s not that hard as it looks. SoManyTech brings you the red wire ‘ceiling fan wiring’. And switching circuit along with color code of wire in different regional wire codes (country-specific).
Apart from this, different company’s ceiling fan has distinct color wires depending on what type of motor used in the fan some time that does not match with household wiring color.
Different types of fans available in the market come with different number of wires:
- Simple fan with 2 wire
- Fan with 3 wires (as seen from fan side with capacitor)
- 4 wire fan with inbuilt LED light
Considering all the above facts, we have created a ceiling fan wiring diagram guide for ease of installation process. Based on countries and their wiring code there are two major classifications.
Table of wiring code in different countries:
| Wire | USA | UK, India, EU, Australia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1 (Live wire) | White | Brown(new)/ Red (old) | ||
| Line 2 (Live wire) | Red | Black (new)/ Yellow (old) | ||
| Line 3 (Live wire) | Black | Grey(new)/ Blue(old) | ||
| Neutral | Blue | Blue(new)/ Black(old) | ||
| Ground | Green/ Yellow | Green (striped yellow-green) |
Also check, wiring a 4 way switch full guide.
[A] Ceiling Fan wiring diagram for US/ Canada
While working with fan connections make sure you connect wire as shown or according to the diagram on the user-manual.
Important: You can interchange or replace the color of live wire if you have multiple devices connected though the same path or at the same place.
1) Red wire ceiling fan wiring diagram:
2) Black wire ceiling fan wiring with light:
3) Two wired Red wire ceiling fan wiring diagram:
4) Two wired Black wire ceiling fan wiring diagram:
[B] Fan wiring diagram for India/ UK/ Europe/ Australia
1) According to 0ld standard red wire in connection:
2) Ceiling fan wiring 4 wire connection (new standard):
3) Red wire ceiling fan wiring diagram 3-wire (old standard):
4) Two wired Black wire ceiling fan wiring diagram (new standard):
Ceiling Fan Capacitor Connection/ internal wiring of a fan:
Take a look at ceiling fan capacitor connection wiring, this color is not the same for all fan manufacturing company. Therefore, we have the method to determine it with a digital Multi-meter.
( look the capacitor connection, how the color of wire is used in fan’s output. Looking at them, we cannot guess the purpose of wire until and unless the circuit diagram is provided with the fan itself. The main reason behind the confusion for connections is this only.)
Where to connect the Live wire and Neutral in the 3 wire output system in Fan?
Just follow the below steps and get the wiring solution of a fan.
Step0: Turn off the power supply of that particular room in which you are working.
Step1: Set your digital multi-meter to resistance mode.
Step2: Now check the resistance between three wire taking two wires at once. (must remove capacitor connections and other connections to the fan)
Step3: Along with it, mark down the resistance between two wires with their respective colors.
Step4: You will get two values of resistance one is higher (running coil W1) another is lower (starter coil winding W2).
So you have to connect the live wire and neutral wire between two-wires having higher resistance (between points 1 & 3) of the output of the fan.
Step5: Connect the one wire of a capacitor to the neutral-wire (point 3) and another wire of capacitor is connected to the unconnected wire (point 2) of the fan’s output (in series with lower resistance coil/ starter coil)
Step6: Now insulate all the bare wire connection with the insulating tape. And turn on the fan.
Required tools:
- Basic tools such as a ladder,
- Voltage Tester, Screwdriver,
- Insulating tape
Precautions:
- Turn OFF the FAN (temporary cutoff of room power is recommended)
- Do not connect wire merely on the basis of prediction.
