Starting off, I don't have a lot of confidence in the people that wired and
built my mom's house, it's at least 30+ years old. Some of the light switches
are backwards, the breakers are connected to seemingly random outlets through
the house, etc. There's a ceiling fan on the back porch that we decided to
replace, it's attached to a 4 foot extension pole from the ceiling. Judging
from the craftsmanship, the porch was an add-on after the house was built. We
wired the new fan up and the breaker won't turn on, it instantly flips itself
as soon as you turn it on. Luckily, the wiring for the old fan had the same
color wires as the "new" fan we installed, which was a new fan we've had for
years and just never used. Not sure if it's something I did, but the light
switch for the fan is now backwards since we've installed the new fan. Any
tips or ideas would be appreciated! Thanks for your time.

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On Friday, June 30, 2017 at 9:14:07 AM UTC-4, Doc Hojo wrote:
Starting off, I don't have a lot of confidence in the people that wired and
built my mom's house, it's at least 30+ years old. Some of the light switches
are backwards, the breakers are connected to seemingly random outlets through
the house, etc. There's a ceiling fan on the back porch that we decided to
replace, it's attached to a 4 foot extension pole from the ceiling. Judging
from the craftsmanship, the porch was an add-on after the house was built. We
wired the new fan up and the breaker won't turn on, it instantly flips itself
as soon as you turn it on. Luckily, the wiring for the old fan had the same
color wires as the "new" fan we installed, which was a new fan we've had for
years and just never used. Not sure if it's something I did, but the light
switch for the fan is now backwards since we've installed the new fan. Any
tips or ideas would be appreciated! Thanks for your time.

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Do you have the install instructions for the replacement fan? How so you
know the light switch for the fan operates backwards (I assume that's what
you mean), if the breaker instantly trips? If it's a single pole switch,
IDK how you could have wired it so the light is on when the switch is off.