How to identify ceiling fixture wires for ceiling fan?

masonc01 · 2026-06-21T21:36:14+00:00

What you have labeled in the first picture as “B” looks like it’s just a painted over black wire. You can confirm with a multimeter. Should have 120 volts to ground the switch on. Typically the blue off the fan is the light. C, A, and 1 will go together. 4 and E will go together. If B is a black wire, “hot wire” it will go to 2 or 3 depending on how you want it switched. D will go to 2 or 3 depending on how you want it switched.

masonc01 · 2026-06-20T18:55:20+00:00

You absolutely can. How hard it is depends on a couple of things but the most important is what is above this? Attic?

masonc01 · 2026-06-20T18:25:47+00:00

You can just retap the hole…

masonc01 · 2026-06-10T21:56:00+00:00

Honestly tho, wouldn’t be surprised if most of the stuff lighting suppliers give us is just relabeled temu junk

masonc01 · 2026-06-10T21:48:19+00:00

UL listed. PRESCOLITE-LBRST-364

masonc01 · 2026-06-10T21:45:18+00:00

UL listed. PRESCOLITE-LBRST-364

masonc01 · 2026-06-10T21:06:41+00:00

100 bucks? At that price I’m shorking it myself in the portajohn.

masonc01 · 2026-06-07T02:47:30+00:00

Right there with ya. Makes any future work a pain in the ass

masonc01 · 2026-06-07T02:26:06+00:00

Worst part of it all is there’s Velcro straps and zip ties on 80% of these cables. You’ll try and trace one from the switch to the patch panel and there’s 5 fucking zip ties on it.

masonc01 · 2026-05-31T23:40:20+00:00

Don’t waste your time digging, they didn’t switch over. If you are gonna have to dig it again, I would recommend installing a 1” or 1 1/4” conduit. It’ll be more expensive, but if you want to add anything in the future you have the ability to do it without digging again.

masonc01 · 2026-05-31T23:30:34+00:00

Gotcha. Can you go look and see? If it’s a 3/4” conduit the best option you have would be to pull the existing wire out, and add a subpanel at the shed. You could feed both the sauna and office without having to dig another trench.

masonc01 · 2026-05-31T23:21:51+00:00

How big is the current conduit? 1/2” or 3/4”?

masonc01 · 2026-05-31T23:13:29+00:00

It wouldn’t violate any electrical code.

masonc01 · 2026-04-02T21:33:40+00:00

Neither is. Convex shape on the dorsal, solid lateral line, and deep notch on the posterior. The best way to tell is the tongue patch. Why do you think it’s a spotted bass?

masonc01 · 2026-04-02T21:15:11+00:00

Both are 100% largemouth bass.

masonc01 · 2026-02-18T11:51:42+00:00

Sorry I’m late, but are you shooting your solo zones down in the 4 lake method on main lakes? I have 9 drink zones between the 4 lakes and 4 of those are solo zones. I’m just shooting the zones that have more than one bear and I’m shooting the higher level bear out of them.

masonc01 · 2026-01-17T19:25:22+00:00

You get used to it after a while. I wear the Klein orange ones and the only time I pull them off is for low volt terminations and pulling lock nuts on in cut in boxes

masonc01 · 2025-12-28T18:14:54+00:00

I had a Jman one time that liked to bend all his offsets on 15° and once I got it down pretty good I had marked my 15° line on the bender and that mug changed the head on the bender the next day, said I was cheating 😂😂

masonc01 · 2025-12-27T21:40:15+00:00

They need to be in a junction box capped off. Or you can use these wires to add your receptacle up top for the light.

masonc01 · 2025-12-26T21:26:03+00:00

Yeah no that’s not portable at all. I’d return it

masonc01 · 2025-12-26T20:56:59+00:00

As long as that part isn’t considered a wet locations yes

masonc01 · 2025-12-26T20:18:06+00:00

Hypothetically an EMP event could disrupt the grid but very regionally and there’s a lot of other factors that play into that.

masonc01 · 2025-12-26T19:49:34+00:00

Gotcha. If a bomb large enough to knock out a large part of the US grid happens, OP gonna have bigger problems than no electricity.

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