I had recently closed up an outlet by taking the four wires and capping them off. Only to find out the two of the wires were for the ceiling fan power. I have a black and a white wire newer travelers to the ceiling fan, and two old cloth wires which look black. I do have an electrical tester and just want power for the fan, I will cover up the outlet. What wires go where ?
Wire nut the old hot wire to the black and the old neutral to the white. Connect the grounds together also. Find which is the old hot with your tester. Not with your finger. Good grief.
Depending on what kind of tester you have you can do the following... If you have a audible tester pinpoint the hot from the old wire and tie it to the new black wire. The rest is history. If you don't have an audible test, but one that lights up or one that is digital, set the digital to high volt reading, then take your index finger moisten it with your tongue and while holding it on one probe take the other probe and touch it to the old wires one at a time. When the test gives a reading you found the hot. Make sure you wearing shoes and not leaning up against anything metal, else you will get shocked. Forget to mention one important thing. After you find the hot, you should always tie the whites ( neutrals ) back first, then the hots last. If possible make sure the fan is off. If you can' t tell you will get an ark from the load. That is normal and nothing to be worried about.
actually,as i read your question,wire nut the two blacks together,then the two whites,as you asked,that should do it
Tie the two (hot) blacks together, the two neutral together, wire nut and overwrap with electrical tape. If you have neutrals(bare or green) tie these together as well. Then out your blank cover on the outlet. Make sure you don't have the power on when you do this! Also, remember that you should not permanently cover the outlet - don't drywall or plaster over it. It becomes a junction box, and must be accessible. To tell which is hot use your meter from wire to ground, if you get voltage (if the power is on) that is hot. To check while power is off, neutral to ground will have 0 or 1 ohm (Ohm setting) while hot to ground has overload (OL) on the readout. The wires to the fan will BOTH be dead, and will both be overload when tested in the OHM setting. To check that the two that go to the fan really do, turn the fan on and check ohms between both wires. It should read low ohms. Turn the fan off, and it will go to overload' Hope I haven't made it too confusing, it is much easier to show than tell!
