Also it’s a good thing you decided to install a wall control. You basically converted a dual capacitor to a triple capacitor. Triple capacitor has quieter low and medium than dual capacitor. Most fans have triple capacitor but this Mainstays has a dual capacitor.
I really appreciate your video! Thank you so much. It was helpful for you to explain how to tell which is the power coming in and which is the power going out to the fan in the light. Now I was able to understand the process, and not just complete it.
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Looks great, and with a brighter bulb installed that’s all the light you need. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxWF88GpljEn-0o34vtLFazEQ5h5Q33SjU As far as ease of installation- this was my first ceiling fan and it took about 3 hours because I had no idea what I was doing and also it’s helpful to have a second set of hands and a magnetic drill bit. Works great.
@@savemoneydiy1462 I appreciate the honesty. Based on my research 14/2 and 14/3 is for 15 amp circuits. 14/2 has black,white, ground. For a fan and light combo to be wired. You'd need 14/3 which is black, red, white, ground. 12 gauge also comes in 12/2 and 12/3 but it's thicker gauge for 20 amp circuit. That's so far what I gathered from research. So if we don't have 3 wires and a ground. Isolating the fan from the light would be hard without that extra red wire
Thank you so much for this video! I tried wiring up a regular dimmer switch and my fan would only come on with the switch off and the fan was making a weird noise. Did some research and found out that could harm the fan motor if left hooked up that way. I'm buying the switch tomorrow thanks again!
I have 27182 hunter fan and light switch and this has black, blue, red, yellow-green wires. In my wall wire only have 3 wires black hot, black not hot, purple. So which wires go together?
Is there anyway to adjust the dim level - at full power (slider up) my lights are not bright. I hardwired to the hot to check them and they were regular brightness. I am trying to figure out a way to get more power to them still using the switch.
It’s a sliding dimmer switch wired to control both the black and white wires in the ceiling. That original switch would turn on fan and light at the same time, but it would only turn on both together not separately. I couldn’t slide anywhere less than 100% because that would damage the fan motor. So not as much functionality as the combo switch.
You can't use this. Not all homes are wired to use the light and fan independently. There is a battery operated one you can get that puts the controller in above the fan where the wiring is, that is all you can use, but it will let you control the light and the fan independently.
Yeah I know what you mean. Before installing the dual switch, it was just a single switch. With a single switch, the black and red wires turn “on” together, so they are twisted up together in the box and connected to the switch’s black wire. There was also an extra black wire used as a short extension, which was just for giving extra slack so it was easier to attach the black wire from the switch to the black wire in the box.
Your fan unit may already be wired and ready for a combo switch? For me, since I went from a single to a combo switch it was necessary to revise the fan's wiring. Fan unit has one wire for the fan and another wire for the light. If the wall switch is a single on/off switch then both the fan and light wires from the fan unit join together and connect to the same wire from the house. A single wall switch turns them both on at once. With a combo wall switch, the fan's light wire connects to one house wire and the fan wire connects to a different house wire. This way, the wall switch controls light and fan separately. I did a couple fan install videos, here's one if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/yq5lPkVtzDQ/v-deo.html
I have 1 switch that controls both light and fan , theres 1 NEUTRAL WIRE. What do I do with it if there’s no neutral wire on the switch ? I don’t get it
@@javimelendez414 depends on the switch. newer style smart switches need the neutral wire. NEC requires all new construction/ full rewire renovations to include a neutral in a switch box
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Also it’s a good thing you decided to install a wall control. You basically converted a dual capacitor to a triple capacitor. Triple capacitor has quieter low and medium than dual capacitor. Most fans have triple capacitor but this Mainstays has a dual capacitor.
I really appreciate your video! Thank you so much. It was helpful for you to explain how to tell which is the power coming in and which is the power going out to the fan in the light. Now I was able to understand the process, and not just complete it.
Glad it could help!
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Thanks for this video. I have a really old house and couldn't figure ot out. This was very informative.
You're welcome!
Fantastic and straightforward
Thanks!
I dont have a yellow. I have a red/white from switch. Does that go to where the yellow does? Thanks
Excellent narration!
Thank you!
Looks great, and with a brighter bulb installed that’s all the light you need. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxWF88GpljEn-0o34vtLFazEQ5h5Q33SjU As far as ease of installation- this was my first ceiling fan and it took about 3 hours because I had no idea what I was doing and also it’s helpful to have a second set of hands and a magnetic drill bit. Works great.
That's a Mainstays hugger made by PowerMax. You forgot one part, which is making sure that the fan chain is set to high speed.
Good reminder thanks!
Great video! im assuming we would need 14/3 or 12/3 pre run though correct? 12/2 or 14/2 wont work because it doesnt have the red hot wire correct??
Well shucks that’s outside of my league. Maybe someone else will jump in.
@@savemoneydiy1462 I appreciate the honesty. Based on my research 14/2 and 14/3 is for 15 amp circuits. 14/2 has black,white, ground. For a fan and light combo to be wired. You'd need 14/3 which is black, red, white, ground.
12 gauge also comes in 12/2 and 12/3 but it's thicker gauge for 20 amp circuit.
That's so far what I gathered from research.
So if we don't have 3 wires and a ground. Isolating the fan from the light would be hard without that extra red wire
Thank you so much for this video! I tried wiring up a regular dimmer switch and my fan would only come on with the switch off and the fan was making a weird noise. Did some research and found out that could harm the fan motor if left hooked up that way. I'm buying the switch tomorrow thanks again!
Good call switching it out for a dimmer switch. And good luck!
@@savemoneydiy1462 I went out and bought the same one in your video and it's working flawlessly thanks to you! 👍
Very informative. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have 27182 hunter fan and light switch and this has black, blue, red, yellow-green wires. In my wall wire only have 3 wires black hot, black not hot, purple. So which wires go together?
But what happens when the wires don’t come together, redoing Jane wiring in a house that was built in the 50s they all come together. Meter it out?
Is there anyway to adjust the dim level - at full power (slider up) my lights are not bright. I hardwired to the hot to check them and they were regular brightness. I am trying to figure out a way to get more power to them still using the switch.
Not sure if you can. What about a different bulb? Would that achieve what you are looking for?
My wiring was all messed up. I had to do trial and error until it finally worked.
Saved my bacon. Thank you sir !!
You bet and thanks for commenting!
At1:06 the original switch. What is that switch used to control? Control light only or fan only? It looks like it’s dimmable
It’s a sliding dimmer switch wired to control both the black and white wires in the ceiling. That original switch would turn on fan and light at the same time, but it would only turn on both together not separately. I couldn’t slide anywhere less than 100% because that would damage the fan motor. So not as much functionality as the combo switch.
So the original switch controlled both the light and the fan with one dimmer switch?
Yes but it had to be at zero or 100% on so as to not break the fan motor. So really it acted like a single flip switch.
Hi
What if i dont have a red cord in on top my fan
It’s only black, white and bare cord
You can't use this. Not all homes are wired to use the light and fan independently. There is a battery operated one you can get that puts the controller in above the fan where the wiring is, that is all you can use, but it will let you control the light and the fan independently.
Did you mean to flip the fan blades from white side to wood side??? 😂. Informative vid though so thanks!
They meant to. They said so in the subtext on 7:47 .
Haha yes and good catch! Kids saw their chance while I was working on it, and said they wanted the blades switched, so we did!
Can this switch be used with any ceiling fan?
Should work with any ceiling fan commonly available. Use a dimmable bulb, preferably incandescent or halogen, and you should be good to go.
Don’t use it on remote controlled or DC motor ceiling fans, or fans that draw more current than what it’s rated for, or gear or friction driven fans.
Only thing that confuses me is the red wire in the wall was connected to another black wire.
Yeah I know what you mean. Before installing the dual switch, it was just a single switch. With a single switch, the black and red wires turn “on” together, so they are twisted up together in the box and connected to the switch’s black wire. There was also an extra black wire used as a short extension, which was just for giving extra slack so it was easier to attach the black wire from the switch to the black wire in the box.
Not sure I understand what you wired in the fan? Why not just install the switch and be done with it? I must be missing something?
Your fan unit may already be wired and ready for a combo switch? For me, since I went from a single to a combo switch it was necessary to revise the fan's wiring. Fan unit has one wire for the fan and another wire for the light. If the wall switch is a single on/off switch then both the fan and light wires from the fan unit join together and connect to the same wire from the house. A single wall switch turns them both on at once. With a combo wall switch, the fan's light wire connects to one house wire and the fan wire connects to a different house wire. This way, the wall switch controls light and fan separately. I did a couple fan install videos, here's one if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/yq5lPkVtzDQ/v-deo.html
Got it. Thanks for the great explanation.
I have 1 switch that controls both light and fan , theres 1 NEUTRAL WIRE. What do I do with it if there’s no neutral wire on the switch ? I don’t get it
Having the same issue.
Switches don't need a neutral wire. Only loads use neutral wire.
@@javimelendez414 depends on the switch. newer style smart switches need the neutral wire. NEC requires all new construction/ full rewire renovations to include a neutral in a switch box
Thank you
Tie the neutrals together in the box. Neutral from light and neutral from circuit
Too much emphasis on labels... mind boggling.
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