BobStrauss
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Years ago I had a ceiling light fan combo that ran on two different wall switches - one for the fan and one for the light. Following advice on this forum, I removed the light kit and installed recessed cans instead. I used the fan as a junction box, connecting the can light black to the red wire that had gone to the light kit. The whites and grounds were connected accordingly and everything worked fine.
Now Im installing a new fan, and I cant get seem to get the lights to work. The fan came with four wires - a ground, a white, a black, and a blue that is indicated as being for the light. I assume the white goes to the whites and the ground ties into the grounds. The blue and black supposedly go to the black hot wire from the fan. I assume the red wire (from the 3/1 Romex thats hot) should still go to the black wire from my cans. However - thats not working. The only way I can get my cans to light up is to use the black wire (from the 3/1 Romex thats hot), but then the lights are running off the fan switch.
Any ideas on what might be the culprit?