Need with ceiling fan lighting kit installation?

Question

Hi all. I recently purchased a home w/pre-installed ceiling fans but no lights.  I am trying to add lights.  

I purchased a lighting kit, got instructions from the Lowe's employee...read the instructions when I got home and connected the b/w wires from inside the fan that said "for lighting kit" to the b/w wires from the light kit.

Plugged in a bulb and hit the switch..... No light.  Fan works just fine.

So, I took the lighting kit to the other room...made the connections...flipped the switch and still got nothing.  

I tried this with 2 different brands of lighting kits as well.  

I called Lowe's and checked all diagrams and it appears I've done it correctly but still have no light!

Suggestions, recommedations, help?

RONALD · Accepted Answer

Since there was not a light originally on the fan. The electrician probably did not wire up the light in the ceiling box. Take the ceiling cover off of the fan and look at the wiring. There is another wire "usually a blue one" and twist it together with the black wire coming from the fan to the hot wire "usually black" in the ceiling box.

Anonymous · Answer

Look at the wiring at the top of the fan, should have a cover that is removable.  It sounds like the wires for the lights are not connected to the circuit, just connect the black or blue wire for the lighting to the hot and the white to the other white wires in the ceiling box.

If I had installed a fan without lights, would not have wired it for the lighting.

jackson · Answer

You sound really knowledgeable with this. of direction there's a short, and it must be on the fan edge of the swap that turns it on. the problem is in all likelihood contained in the wiring cover that holds the mild. perhaps a cord is pinched.

? · Answer

call the electraicion to resolve the problem   http://gurutec2009.blogspot.com

Trending News

Need with ceiling fan lighting kit installation?

4 Answers