Add a light to a ceiling fan
 

This has to be brain dead easy, but I'm now 0 for 2 attempts. After I install the light kit on the fan, I test the light before I button up the new install and each time I get around 8 volts on the two leads (Line and neutral) dedicated for the light. The only thing I can figure is there is a module or two in the wiring for the basic fan that is dividing voltage between fan speeds and the light, and a lightening strike took out the light side of the module. Fan works perfectly-the two light leads are clearly marked-I can't believe there is any wiring adaption needed to have voltage go to the light kit....has anyone else encountered difficulty installing a light kit on an existing ceiling fan?? Am I missing something??

From the internet “ Some people do not connect the blue when they install the fan. The bonnet is the skirt that covers up the wires in the ceiling box. In there you should find a blue wire that is not connected to anything. This is for the light.”

I agree with above, in our house NONE of the fans had the blue wire connected at the ceiling. When I went to do this i found the extra RED wire from the wall switch box. This allowed my to remove the existing single switch and replace it with a dual switch, one for the fan and one for the light, after I connected the RED wire to the blue wire and made the necessary connections at the new switch.

This is why we hired a handyman to do our light kits.

But handymen takes money and many people look for ways to save in these inflation times.

Many years ago got an electrical shock and that helped to tell me there are things that I should trust to more knowledgeable people.

Slightly off topic, but I never understood why someone would want to put a light on a ceiling fan. It reminds me of the ceiling lights they used to put in the middle of every room back in the fifties. Light from a table lamp is so much more pleasing and less harsh on the eyes than a ceiling light.

Depends.
Some ceiling fans are above dining room table where a light is necessary.
But for a fan, I never like a fan cooling off the food.

Like having light in the middle of our bedroom and my office. Comes in handy very often.

I want a light above the dining room table, but I definitely don't want a ceiling fan there blowing air on the food. The builder usually installs ceiling fans in the living room and in the bedrooms, and a hanging light fixture in the dining room. The bedrooms and the living room are where I don't want ceiling lights.

Can anyone recommend a good Handiman to install light kits to 2 of my fans? I just moved in to a home in Oceola Hills.

I like lots of light especially in my office.
:ho::ho:

Not worth the $100 saved when your house burns down.

A light centrally located can be very effective and all that is needed. Further it has a wall switch. Where as the table lamp may not

That is why we were surprised when we purchased our home two years ago the previous owner did not have light kits in any of the three bedrooms.