How-to-wire up ceiling fan/lights on separate switches (helpful tips) 

I learned some great tips from you today. Thank you for sharing your expert knowledge.

Wow! I came here to figure out where the black and red wires went to (fan/light). I learned so much more than expected. Lots of hints and practices that changed a lot of what I do, probably incorrectly. Thanks so much.

You're a beast on this... I wish I could get my electrical work done this easily. There is so much electrical work in my house that I'm constantly working on and I don't particularly enjoy it.

I visited a friend's newly-bought new build and she wanted to show me all the rooms and the big windows and how big the kitchen was - what caught my eye immediately and impressed me most was that someone had set all the wall plate bolts in the same vertical orientation. We're both a bit OCD and I asked her if she'd done that, and she said no, she hadn't noticed it. I'm 43 years old, have done apartment maintenance, moving jobs and house sitting for years, and that's the first time I'd ever seen any property where someone had bothered to harmonise the plate screws. Even if that's solely down to the electrician themselves and not the eye for detail of the contractor, that at least gives me confidence that the wiring behind the walls has been done properly. It's a really nice touch. Even though this video isn't exactly what I was looking for, I stayed for the excellent home wiring pointers. I'm here because I was using the ceiling fan for the first time in an old-build condo, and it occurred to me that the fan's lights and motor were both wired to the same switch: a light dimmer (clearly recently retrofitted as it's shiny white while all the other switches are a haggard filthy beige-green 😆). I thought that can't be right ... I tested the "dimmest" setting to see if the fan motor would turn on, and sure enough it would only kick in when I started fading up the dimmer slide. Guess that explains why the blades were spinning so slow (like a noir detective's office). I pulled the switch out, capped the connection and got in touch with the landlord. Not an immediate hazard, but definitely not the proper installation. Even if someone's not a pro - which I'm certainly not - and other people are hired to do maintenance and work around the house, I think it's great to have some basic knowledge of home wiring (and of course other DIY stuff) anywhere you live. RU-vidrs like yourself are great at empowering people to know their home environment better - what to expect from the equipment and materials in your home, what changes you can make so that things work the way you'd like them to, how simple it can be and how to do it safely. Three cheers for the teachers!

Love your style of instruction, 100% direction NO drama!

Instead of asking him to slow down, set your playback speed to .75x.

SUPER helpful and well done video for the DIYer wanting to do the best electrical work possible.

Very informative video on how to install the two switches for lights and ceiling fan. I love your tips on the wall switch and screws. I had read that having the screws vertical they do not collect any dust that way, it falls off easier.

You are a genius. You can do the work and teach without missing a screw or syllable! Really good.

Ron, loved the video. Professional, neat and tidy work. When we do something every day, doing it correct becomes automatic. The "why" may help so many. New to the trade/ diy'ers: Impact drver are easy to strip small screws. Use a drill with a screw clutch if you must. The lowest clutch setting will get your screws in and then tighten with a screwdriver. The connection pattern: Ground then neutral then hot (as he did) to connect and reverse to disconnect is the safest. This allows the ground to trip the breaker and prevents a possible "hot neutral" (power feeding through a load with the neutral not connected puts 120 vac on the neutral). His wires were labeled on the sheath (wire outer jacket). Electrical tape and markers (silver sharpie for black tape or black on about every other color) can keep the wires identified during hook-up and a camera can remind you where things go. Twist the wires together and measure them to cut at the correct length for the wire nuts or realize lineman's pliers are about that thickness. Just make sure the cutters are on the correct side of the wires. Again, great work and hope this helps someone.

Solid video man. and also i liked how you attached the ground wire to each switch. And i have seen most installs that the builders skipped this step. i like it better when the switches are grounded like you did. You are a Master. I enjoyed the video.

Great instructional video Ron! Thanks for sharing. Stealing someone’s concept in the comments, You don’t miss a beat between your actual work and the instructions! I am glad I found you!

Great video. Great work. Your professionalism shows as does your pride in your craft. Thanks for this it helps a lot for my situation.

Thank you for explaining all of "the little things" very clearly!

good video! I like the little tips. Took me a minute to realize you had the feed for the closet light in the 2 gang box though. Would be useful to explain that especially for beginners.

Great video. You explained everything to the minute detail perfectly.

As professional as professional can be!!! Great job!!!

This video is so jam packed full of tips and howto. I'm hooked. You mentioned the stablocks in the back of the switch are fire hazards (~2:30). Curious to know what have you seen over the years with these installs.

Great practical tips - I've been doing some of this the hard way for years - thanks!

Ron knows what he's doing. Great tips!

Great workmanship

Thank you! Stay at home mom of 4 kids, learning how to take care of our home! I love that you give details that most electricians have probably forgotten they learned it at one point. My skills are now so much better and neater!

Great explanation and excellent work. I'm a semi retired plumber of 30 years and just now getting into the electrical side to understand and be able to do in a pinch.

Omg where have you been all my life! Thank you!! Great explanation! Subscribed!

True craftsman doing his trade

Great explanation... Thank you...

Thanks for this amazing video.

I pretty much do everything exactly the same way that you do it, sir. I use the Klein hybrids also. Even how you make your hooks using the pliers jaws to bend your hook instead of using the loophole. Like watching a video of myself with a different voice honestly 😂

finally a real professional doing this. hard to find the right video on electrical, so many bad videos

So awesome and details video tutorial, thanks for sharing!!!

Nice video ,thanks!!!

Thank you keep it up!!!!!🎉

I want to remove this set up and go to one switch. I’m removing an old fan without a remote that had separate fan and light control. The new fan has a receiver and remote and only needs one input. So going backwards about what to cap off in the box is helpful.

Great video. I saw where you connected the pigtail to one hot wire but didn't see you connect the other end. Did you connect it to the other hot wire? Thanks.

Great video!! Question... what is the purpose of the neutral wire? I noticed you didn't used in any switches. Thanks!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO... I AM HOOKING UP A FAN THAT IS CONTROLLED BY TWO DIFFERENT SWITCHES, ONE FOR THE FAN AND ONE FOR THE LIGHTS BOTH ON SEPARATE WALLS IN THE BEDROOM. WHAT SWITCHES SHOULD I BUY THAT ARE REALLY GOOD SWITCHES THAT WILL LAST A LONG LONG TIME FROM LOWE'S ????

I get you're on the job & have to go quick, & youtube want's you to keep it short. But, dam blow'n through it so fast its not easy to follow, when/if never none it before. I hoped there was transcription, but no, ha! But, anyway sort of gave me an idea. If at some point you make a video, as a "mock-up" of a complete how to wire a fan/light with duel switch, and how to wire it to the ceiling fan/light, (what wire goes to what wire on the fixture), we would really appreciate it. You're a pro, & know what you are doing, I want to do it correctly as well, maybe 3 times slower, lol, but, retired & working for "me" so don't matter anymore, main thing is I can do it at 62! Ha

Thanks Ron

I recently bought a house with ceiling fans that are powered via remotes rather than wall switches which seem to power wall outlets instead. Im trying to figure out how to add switches so that the ceiling fan and light can all be acrivated from the wall vs these grimey looking remotes that came with the house

I'm usually not a fan of people that preemptively speed up their videos, but in this case you nailed it. Only thing is, I was originally searching for fan speed adjustment at the switch. I know you're not covering that but since you're doing new work maybe you would know, is it just a bad idea to use resistance-switching rotary knobs or multi-position sliders in wall boxes these days? It seems to be less and less popular compared to what I remember from my childhood, so I'm curious if it's unsafe or if people just don't care anymore?

Nice Video. I don't get the "feed to other" wire - is that to the first switch you did? Also, why use a 14 3 wire to the fan? I would think a 14 2 wire would do the job. Is there a schematic somewhere to see where the wires go? I have a fan/light to put in next week in my house. Thanks for the video.

what was the first light switch you put in for can you run to seperate light switch on the same circute to one light

Excellent video Ron! I couldn’t find anything wrong!👍

Thanks Ron! I bought a harbor fan with dimmable led lights. I wired the ceiling fan per instructions red and blue wires together from the fan to the black wire coming out of the ceiling and the white wire from the ceiling fan to the white wire coming out from the ceiling and the green ground wire to the green ground my outlet box does not have a red wire for the dimmer switch just 3 black wires and a bare copper ground wire and 2 white wired tied together the dimmer switch is a Lutron fan control and dimmer with a two separate controls fan and light . the dimmer switch has a red, yellow, black and green wires How do I wire this ? Thanks!

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Can the blue wire be used to power another light fixture instead of the fan?

It was a little fast! But worthy of watching 🧐 I’ll watch again, just to learn techniques!,

Could i just add one (hot) black wire to each switch and then use a jumper in between switches?

Just curious...what power source is feeding the fan light?

Trying to the same thing, but with a double switch. Diagram or video?

Can a dimmer switch be installed for just the light?

Hi, I wired a new ceiling fan.At the wall there are two switches, one for the ceiling fan and one for the ceiling fan light. Whenever the fan is on the light does not work. In other words, I switch the light on and it comes on but then I switch the fan on and the light goes off. Any idea what this could be?

before i move into condo, there was one knob switch . one for fan and other for lights. lights are not attached to fan it separate. After i move in i noticed electrician change switch to flip only, which operates lights only and fan is no longer working or any power going in? how can i fix this? by buying new 2 or 3 way switch or something?

I don't use the stabs in the back either. But you can't say it's a fire hazard. Because you wouldn't be allowed to use them. If they were they were all u l listed as safe are you how's

I’ve done this but why when you turn the light switch on does it make the red and black hanging from the ceiling

Dang.. I suppose if there's already a 14/2 installed.. I'd have to delete that and run a fresh 14/3 to be in code, else another 14/2 with one leg unused 🤔

Damn did someone pressed da fast forward button on this dude...

Is your Dad the Micromachine commercial guy from the 80s or did you speed up this video during editing?

Use wago nuts for the win

I didn't hear anything abt wiring a ceiling fan. Did i miss what this was for?

Please slow down!

Nust moved into a older home as rental and im afraid thGgrounx wires will be rare

it wasn.t shown how it was wired or tied together in the light box only wall boxes

I watched this video as a refresher. Im a total DIY'er.... but am I the only female that found his voice so sexy? I kept getting distracted.... 😍

play at 0.75 speed

Ron, it would be helpful for people to understand you better if you could slow your talking speed down a little. Thx.

Did anyone else check your playback speed?? I thought I was at 1.75 x.

Slow down on your instruction, please. I know you know your job well but some of us are trying to follow you to learn. Thank you!

going way too fast for me! how many cups of coffee did you have?

It is supposed to be a tutorial video. Where is the fire?

Now a very easy way to run a ceiling fan/light on two seperate switches just run a 12/3 romex and use black for one switch red for the other switch another thing before filming lay off that booga suga 😂😂

You didn’t explain exactly what black wires you tied together and where they were going this video was half informative

The speed you record at is ridiculous!!! How about doing your recording at normal speed

You speak too fast for me to listen to more than a couple of minutes...sorry, I see you have good reviews, but I can't listen to more.