Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - I'm Confuse ...

I Just Install A Ceiling Fan W/ Light Fixture, In My Dining Room Where The Light Was. Now The Wiring From My Ceiling Had A White,black, Red Wire. But My Ceiling Fan W/ Light Has A Black,white,blue, And Green Wire. I Know White Go's To White. Black Go's To Black. Green Is A Ground Wire. So Where Do's The Blue Wire Go?
Plus My Kitchen Light Is Wire Into The Same Wall Switch. But The Light Fixture Doesn't Work On The Ceiling Fan. Do I Have The Wiring Wrong?

Typically, the instructions for the fan indicate that wiring the blue with the black will turn on the fan and light together. The blue is there in case you have an additional switch leg and want to switch the light separately

And you do have that extra wire, the red one.

I am certainly happy to help, well at least try!

Those wire colours can be confusing indeed, but here's a quick run down on international standards: ACTIVE is wire is BROWN colour
NEUTRAL wire is LIGHT BLUE colour
EARTH is wire YELLOW/GREEN colour

Well at least that's in theory, but in practice a different story in some instances like yours. I think you have wired up your fan correctly thus far, but BLUE alone is ambiguous term. If the wire is LIGHT BLUE it is a NEUTRAL colour and therefore the wire should be terminated correctly in the NEUTRAL terminal, but DARK BLUE can be classed as an ACTIVE wire as well! So all you have go to do now is to determine the colour shade and act accordingly (safely).

As for your ceiling light and fan with the same switch (???) that doesn't work, you would have to physically check the wiring to diagnose the fault (sounds particularly odd). However, if in doubt, call up a licenced electrican. Electricity is dangerous, and if you don't know what you are doing, it's not worth the risk. I would rather pay a professional with money than pay with my own life!

Regards,

Geeza

AC/DC we do not use that color code in the US.

Turn off your caps on every word. It makes it very difficult to read.

Howdy there,

Joed: Point taken, but I didn't have caps on for every word. I just thought using CAPTITAL letters for certain words would have the opposite effect to your grievance, obviously not!

Jwhite: I am from the land down under (aka Australia), so I concede that some of the things I said may have come across as alien. However, I was initially referring to the international standards for colour coding of wiring. If you Americans have it differently, just point out the differences if you could, thanks.

Regards,


Geeza

P.S. I now realise that this is an American site, and will speak accordingly (electrical wise) in the future.

Well, it is true that the majority of poster here are in North America, but I wouldn't really call this an American site. We have dealt with many problems outside the US, and I think most of us have at least some understanding of electrical systems elsewhere.

And since we don't yet know what country the original poster resides in, we really don't know what information is useful to him/her. It may be that the "Melbin" information is the right information, and the US information is wrong for this poster. Until now, I didn't even know whether AC/DC was from Melbourne Florida or Melbourne Victoria.

Finally, joed's comment on capital letters was addressed to hapyhelper, not to AC/DC.