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Need help wiring ceiling fan?

So on my ceiling fan I have a white, black, green, and blue wire. In the ceiling I have a green, white, black, red, and bronze wire. What gets connected to what? Thanks for the help!

Answer:

Redneck Texan is an idiot. Bronze does not go to blue. I think he is color blind and thinks the green in the picture is blue. Pat F85 is correct. The black on th fan is the blades and the blue on the fan is the lights. Black and red in ceiling can go to either blue or black on fan. Typically it would be black to black aNd red to blue.
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Typically bronze is ground so attach it to the blue wire. white is neutral so attach the two whites wires together. All the other colors in this example are hot or power, one will go to the lights on the fan and the other willpower the fan, In other words black to black and red, the blue wire in the picture is a grouned
Green to bare bronze, blacks to blacks, whites to whites, blue to red. Done.
Attach any and all green and bare wires together. (what you are calling bronze is actually bare copper) If you are not using a remote unit then put all whites together. The black in the ceiling box often (but not always) is a constant hot. Most people connect that to the fan motor. Most likely that will be the black wire on the fan. The Red wire in the ceiling box is often (b n a) used as a switch leg and would go to the light kit wire. In your case that may be the blue wire on your fan. Color codes vary from manufacture to manufacture, so don't be shocked if the blue goes to the fan motor. I have seen them wired that way.

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