wiring a ceiling fan with light blue wire

Patch the wall where the temporary hole was cut.Wire the new fixture in the box and mount it to the ceiling.Mount the electrical box in the ceiling with more Madison bars and screws.Cut a temporary access hole in the wall and fish wires from the fixture mount in the ceiling to the temporary hole, and then from the temporary hole through the joist back down to the basement where the switch was wired.

Screw the switch into the box and then cover it with the cover plate.Mount the electrical box with Madison bars in the wall and wire the switch.Drill through the floor in the correct stud bay and send the wires for the switch and the light up to the switch using the fish tape.Secure the wire to the joists with electric staples. Connect the electrical wire to your source of power using the pliers and wire nuts and fish it through the joists until it reaches the light switch.Locate a source of power for the switch, either at a junction box or at the main electrical panel.Trace the electrical box for the switch and cut it out the same way as the mounting box.Determine a location for the light switch.

Cut out the traced hole with an oscillating saw.

Trace the mounting box on the ceiling where the light fixture will be mounted.

Before doing any electrical work, always shut off power to the house at the main breaker.

Wiring a ceiling fan with light blue wire