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Is it safe to rewire a ceiling fan light with the wall switch turned off?
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∙ 14y ago
Most generally it is safe to replace a ballast by turning off the wall switch. However, because you don't know who did the work before you it is best to shut the breaker off. The person who originally did the work may have switched the neutral. Believe it or not, I encountered this in a commercial application one time. You can never be too safe. Getting shocked while on a ladder is no fun and always catches you by surprise. The shock generally doesn't do the damage, the fall does. I've heard of people who have died falling off a 4' ladder.
Also, the National Electric Code now requires that a disconnecting pigtail be installed on all HID and fluorescent light fixtures. Which allows you to disconnect the power without turning it off.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoIs better to turn off at the fuse box if possible.
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How do you rewire a wall switch to control both ceiling fan and light. The switch currently furns the fan on and off but the light has to be controlled with a pull chain?
Open up the ceiling box and disconnect the blue wire coming from the light and connect it to the black wire coming from the fan. Be sure and put a wire nut on the wire where the light was connected before you removed it. The wall switch is controlling power to the wire where the fan is connected so when you connect the blue fan wire to that connection you will be sending power to both the fan and light from the wall switch.
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How do you rewire a wall switch to control both ceiling fan and light. The switch currently furns the fan on and off but the light has to be controlled with a pull chain?
Open up the ceiling box and disconnect the blue wire coming from the light and connect it to the black wire coming from the fan. Be sure and put a wire nut on the wire where the light was connected before you removed it. The wall switch is controlling power to the wire where the fan is connected so when you connect the blue fan wire to that connection you will be sending power to both the fan and light from the wall switch.
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