stev379
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Hi,
My kitchen's ceiling fan wiring is as below and I'm adding four 5" recessed lights that are not IC rated. My first question is should I return them and get IC rated lights? I have attic access though it's tight. There's blown insulation and I'm concerned about cold winters. I don't mind and there is enough room to build enclosures if it gets that cold, but I don't know if it's better to just get IC rated lights. It's a 20 mile drive to nearest hardware store with such supplies so grabbed the lights that came with everything included so I won't miss a component and have to make multiple trips. Unfortunately, they're not IC rated.
CEILING FAN WIRING
The line comes from the breaker to the light switch, then goes out toward the fan and is cut and spliced with elec tape so it's hard see all internal wires, but it looks like a blk, wht, red, grd get spliced into a blk, wht and grd and continues without the red.
then to a box with one wire going in and one wire going out. Each wire houses a black, a white and a ground.
from that box to the ceiling fan,
Wires spider out of the fan's box
#1 from the fan to another mounted light switch+outlet
#2 from the fan to an outlet
#3 from the fan to another outlet
#4 from the fan to a box nailed to a stud in the attic and termites there with a blk, wht and grd.
The fan below the ceiling is mounted with a blk to blk, a grd to 4 grd's and a wht to 4 wht's.
Second question is about wiring.
I pulled the cover from the box on #4 above, ran a matching wire set and twisted one of the lights into it. It works, but it's got constant power. The light switch turns off the fan and fan's light, but the recessed light stays on.
Once I get one light working, I understand how to daisy the wires to the rest of them.
How do I connect the recessed light to the fan so that the recessed light turns on and off along with the fan?
The fan has a pull chain so we can turn it off and leave the recessed lights on I believe.
With any luck, I'll get at least 2 of the new lights installed before my wife's guests show up on New Year's Eve.
I've been to the Google and have been studying for the past couple days about this, but my own wiring has me confused.
Thanks for any hep or suggestions!
My kitchen's ceiling fan wiring is as below and I'm adding four 5" recessed lights that are not IC rated. My first question is should I return them and get IC rated lights? I have attic access though it's tight. There's blown insulation and I'm concerned about cold winters. I don't mind and there is enough room to build enclosures if it gets that cold, but I don't know if it's better to just get IC rated lights. It's a 20 mile drive to nearest hardware store with such supplies so grabbed the lights that came with everything included so I won't miss a component and have to make multiple trips. Unfortunately, they're not IC rated.
CEILING FAN WIRING
The line comes from the breaker to the light switch, then goes out toward the fan and is cut and spliced with elec tape so it's hard see all internal wires, but it looks like a blk, wht, red, grd get spliced into a blk, wht and grd and continues without the red.
then to a box with one wire going in and one wire going out. Each wire houses a black, a white and a ground.
from that box to the ceiling fan,
Wires spider out of the fan's box
#1 from the fan to another mounted light switch+outlet
#2 from the fan to an outlet
#3 from the fan to another outlet
#4 from the fan to a box nailed to a stud in the attic and termites there with a blk, wht and grd.
The fan below the ceiling is mounted with a blk to blk, a grd to 4 grd's and a wht to 4 wht's.
Second question is about wiring.
I pulled the cover from the box on #4 above, ran a matching wire set and twisted one of the lights into it. It works, but it's got constant power. The light switch turns off the fan and fan's light, but the recessed light stays on.
Once I get one light working, I understand how to daisy the wires to the rest of them.
How do I connect the recessed light to the fan so that the recessed light turns on and off along with the fan?
The fan has a pull chain so we can turn it off and leave the recessed lights on I believe.
With any luck, I'll get at least 2 of the new lights installed before my wife's guests show up on New Year's Eve.
I've been to the Google and have been studying for the past couple days about this, but my own wiring has me confused.
Thanks for any hep or suggestions!