I'd like to install a used ceiling fan but am puzzled by an "extra"
wire in the wires for hook-up to the house line. I know what to do with
the white, black and ground wires, but what, if anything, should I do
with the black wire that has a thin white stripe? The circuit into
which I plan to put the fan already has a wall switch for the lamp
that's currently suspended from the ceiling (I'll replace the lamp with
the fan). One builder-friend suggested that I simply hook up the
standard white, black and ground connections and operate the lights and
fan speeds with the existing chains. The fan seems to be your typical
fan: 4 blaces, 4 lights in a circle, 1 light at the bottom. Any
suggestions?

Lynn Willis
Indianapolis

On 2006-07-17, wrote:

I'd like to install a used ceiling fan but am puzzled by an "extra"
wire in the wires for hook-up to the house line. I know what to do
with the white, black and ground wires, but what, if anything,
should I do with the black wire that has a thin white stripe?
[. . .] The fan seems to be your typical fan: 4 blaces, 4 lights in
a circle, 1 light at the bottom.

The lights and fan are independently operable. So the black wire is
the fan hot, and the black with white stripe is the lighting hot. At
least, that is the way my Hunter fans are coded; it is possible that
some fans are the opposite.

Cheers, Wayne

Wayne Whitney wrote:
On 2006-07-17, wrote:

I'd like to install a used ceiling fan but am puzzled by an "extra"
wire in the wires for hook-up to the house line. I know what to do
with the white, black and ground wires, but what, if anything,
should I do with the black wire that has a thin white stripe?
[. . .] The fan seems to be your typical fan: 4 blaces, 4 lights in
a circle, 1 light at the bottom.

The lights and fan are independently operable. So the black wire is
the fan hot, and the black with white stripe is the lighting hot. At
least, that is the way my Hunter fans are coded; it is possible that
some fans are the opposite.

Cheers, Wayne

Thanks. I take it, then, that I should connect both wires to the house
hot wire, all 3 under one wire nut, correct?

Lynn

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Wayne Whitney wrote:
On 2006-07-17, wrote:

I'd like to install a used ceiling fan but am puzzled by an "extra"
wire in the wires for hook-up to the house line. I know what to do
with the white, black and ground wires, but what, if anything,
should I do with the black wire that has a thin white stripe?
[. . .] The fan seems to be your typical fan: 4 blaces, 4 lights in
a circle, 1 light at the bottom.

The lights and fan are independently operable. So the black wire is
the fan hot, and the black with white stripe is the lighting hot. At
least, that is the way my Hunter fans are coded; it is possible that
some fans are the opposite.

Cheers, Wayne

Thanks. I take it, then, that I should connect both wires to the house
hot wire, all 3 under one wire nut, correct?

I assume the wires have a switch? Otherwise your fan/light will be on
constantly.
If there is a switch, you may want to replace it with a "fan dimmer" (not a
light dimmer) unless you want the fan to be full on/full off only.
If you connect both black wires together, the light will always be on when
the fan is.

On 17 Jul 2006 18:35:25 -0700, "
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Wayne Whitney wrote:
On 2006-07-17, wrote:

I'd like to install a used ceiling fan but am puzzled by an "extra"
wire in the wires for hook-up to the house line. I know what to do
with the white, black and ground wires, but what, if anything,
should I do with the black wire that has a thin white stripe?
[. . .] The fan seems to be your typical fan: 4 blaces, 4 lights in
a circle, 1 light at the bottom.

The lights and fan are independently operable. So the black wire is
the fan hot, and the black with white stripe is the lighting hot. At
least, that is the way my Hunter fans are coded; it is possible that
some fans are the opposite.

Cheers, Wayne

Thanks. I take it, then, that I should connect both wires to the house
hot wire, all 3 under one wire nut, correct?

Lynn

Right.
My fan had a blue wire and a black wire. My blue is same as your
black/white wire.

replying to Wayne Whitney, Carl wrote:
So, the black wire with the white stripe is connected to the solid black wire?

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On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 11:44:05 AM UTC-5, Carl wrote:
replying to Wayne Whitney, Carl wrote:
So, the black wire with the white stripe is connected to the solid black wire?
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Tragically, Wayne was killed in a freak accident 10 years ago when he was decapitated by a malfunctioning ceiling fan. He was survived by 3 wives, 13 children and 654 gerbils. The gerbils really miss him. 8-(

[8~{} Uncle Fan Monster

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 12:44:05 PM UTC-4, Carl wrote:
replying to Wayne Whitney, Carl wrote:
So, the black wire with the white stripe is connected to the solid black wire?

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It appears the black wire with white stripes is for the lights on
the fan, if it has any. What color wire you connect it to depends
on what color wire, if any, was run to support a light.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:09:19 -0700 (PDT)
Uncle Monster wrote:

and 654 gerbils. The gerbils really miss him. 8-(

So he was gay then?