Timeline for Ceiling fan wiring with dual switches but only one red hot wire at ceiling box
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| Sep 16, 2020 at 16:34 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Black wires matter. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 11:34 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Can you post photos of the insides of the boxes involved please? | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 11:23 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | How could you have a red (switched) hot in the ceiling box and not have a black? AFIK there is no NM cable (aka Romex) which has a red and not a black. Is the wiring NM cable or is it individual wires in conduit? Look in the ceiling box for an unconnected black wire folded and pushed up out of the way. | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 11:09 | answer | added | Joshua S | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 10:14 | comment | added | Jasen | is there a black in the ceiling box? | |
| Sep 16, 2020 at 6:12 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 16, 2020 at 6:06 | history | asked | BJR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |