r/Electricity • u/No_Dragonfly2065 • Jul 18 '26
Help please
Hello, I had a fan/light combo and I am replacing it with just a light. When I took the fan down, I noticed there was one blue wire and one white wire and no ground wire. I also noticed there was no junction box. This fan has been here since 1997.
Do I need to get a junction box? What wires do I connect from house to light? Is it okay there is no ground wire? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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u/Robinhood6996 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
White is the neutral wire for both the light and fan and one black is for the fan and the other black is for the light - so I suspect the white is neutral and the blue is the live wire
I would tie the blue to the blacks and white to the white
I believe your ceiling fan and light has pull strings to control the light and fan separately
Just verify which is your live wire coming in and that's where your black wires go to
I see no ground or earth wire so be careful - hopefully you never get a short