I have a ceiling fan with a light fixture attached and I accidentally cut the wires that go from the light fixture to the ceiling fan. Now the light is completely off but the fan is fine. However, there are wires hanging from the fan that spark when the fan comes on. Can I just buy some wire caps and be done with it?? Thank you!
call electrician before you burn down youre house
Judging from your question, you would be a lot better off having an electrician come over and do the 15 minute fix for you. He would even get the light to work again if you wish.
You may have a cap on the bottom of the fan that you can get into and yes you can put caps on the wires that way. If the wires are hanging out of the fixture and you cannot get to the wires, you can get to the lighting wire at the cannopy at the ceiling. if you take the screws out and the cannopy will come down you three wiries coming out of the pole. you will see a black, blue and white and ground. The black goes to the fan and the blue goes to the light. If you disconnect the blue wire, you should be able to stop any power going through your wiring for the light. If you are not sure, you will want to call an electrician as if you cross the wrong wires or open the wrong wires, you can send a backfeed of power through the neutral and blow your stuff as in tvs computers and anything with a clock. That will cost you alot more than the local electrician. This is a minor repair for somone that can see it and knows what they are doing. Good luck
It would be best if you could just wire nut the wires together that you cut. How did you expose the wires to cut them in the first place? Why?
