I just moved in to a 16 year old house and replacing a ceiling fan with chandelier. Chandelier has conventional white, black and ground. The fan was connected to red and ground only, which I guess was incorrect. How do I connect the new chandelier. Picture of the outlet attached.
Wiring – How to connect a chandelier to this ceiling wiring
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If you want the fan and light to operate separately, then connecting the wires as you described is the way to go. If you want the whole fixture to be controlled from a single switch, the manual is describing the proper wiring.
As for the green grounding wire, simply attach it to the green grounding wire in the ceiling. You should use an appropriately sized ring or fork terminal, to connect the ground under the same screw as the ground from the ceiling.
I had some help from a friend and I think I have the mess worked out.
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Best Answer
You would need to test to verify, but it looks like the black is a constant hot with the red being the switch leg.
So to connect a chandelier you'd use the red (hot), white (neutral) and ground.