Ceiling fan to billiard table light

[ckyle29]

I am replacing a ceiling fan/light combo with a billiard table light and need some wiring instructions. There is currently four wires, a black, a red, a white, and a green ground wire coming out of the receptacle box that powered the ceiling fan. This was professionally installed, so I'm thinking I have power, power, neutral and ground, right?

The billiard table light just has two individual copper strands and a green ground wire. Do I hook the black to one copper strand, the white to the other, ground the green wire and just plug off the red wire? There are two light switches, one that turned on the fan and one the light. but only one will work now, right?

Thanks for any insight.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

Did the fan and light each have their own switch before? You need to know whether it it was the red or the black that is hooked to the light switch.

 

[exranger06]

Yes, you have it right. Are the wires on the light color coded? What type of bulbs does it use? You need to make sure you connect the hot leg and the neutral to the correct wires on the light.

 

[exranger06]

Did the fan and light each have their own switch before? You need to know whether it it was the red or the black that is hooked to the light switch.

OP already said that he has two separate switches, one for the light and one for the fan.

 

[Dirtydan69]

I am replacing a ceiling fan/light combo with a billiard table light and need some wiring instructions. There is currently four wires, a black, a red, a white, and a green ground wire coming out of the receptacle box that powered the ceiling fan. This was professionally installed, so I'm thinking I have power, power, neutral and ground, right?

The billiard table light just has two individual copper strands and a green ground wire. Do I hook the black to one copper strand, the white to the other, ground the green wire and just plug off the red wire? There are two light switches, one that turned on the fan and one the light. but only one will work now, right?

Thanks for any insight.

Yes you have it correct. Unless you wanna get fancy. I assume you have a three bulb billiard light. You could re-wire the light. So when you turn on one switch just the center build illuminates. Then hit the other second switch the other two illuminate. No recommending you do that just a thought.

 

[rburke65]

Do you have seperate switches for the light and fan? What kind of bulbs? What color is your carpet? Huh....?

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

OP already said that he has two separate switches, one for the light and one for the fan.

Oops ,didnt read far enough.
Thats what I get for posting in the middle of the night when Im half asleep.
We still need to know which wire is feeding the light from the switch so he knows which one to hook to the light though.

 

[rsanter]

Typically you are,going to use the white and black for powering the lights.
Green is your ground
The red should be the feed for to power the fan.
Connect the white to the site wires of the light
Connect the black to the black wires of the light
Put a wire nut on the red to cap it
Connect the green ground to the grounding point on the light

Stand back and let someone else flip the switch the first time.....just in case

Bob

 

[exranger06]

Do you have seperate switches for the light and fan? What kind of bulbs? What color is your carpet? Huh....?

The reason I asked what type of bulbs it uses was so I could explain to the OP how to do a continuity test to determine which wire on the light should be connected to the neutral and which should be connected to the hot leg. For example, if the light uses regular Edison base bulbs, the way to do it is see which wire is connected to the threaded part of the socket and connect that wire to the neutral. If the light uses fluorescent tubes, it's a totally different procedure. See, it wasn't such an irrelevant question like you thought, was it?

 

[G_P]

Make sure that the box can support the weight of the light. I've seen more than one ceiling fan mounted to a regular box designed for small light fixture. The box was so loose that the fan was wobbling all over.

 

[ckyle29]

Typically you are,going to use the white and black for powering the lights.
Green is your ground
The red should be the feed for to power the fan.
Connect the white to the site wires of the light
Connect the black to the black wires of the light
Put a wire nut on the red to cap it
Connect the green ground to the grounding point on the light

Stand back and let someone else flip the switch the first time.....just in case

Bob

This is what I did and worked like a charm! Thanks to all for your comments.

 

[CudaChick1968]

As a former WPBA member, I'd just love to see your table.