Hope I can get a quick answer as I'm in the middle of doing this:

Had a wall fan repaired and need to hook it back up

Stupidly, when I detached it from the incoming wires I did not make note of which wires went to which.

On the fan it has a grey coated wire and another wire coated grey but with a =black stripe.

The input wires I have to attach them to are black and grey. I am pretty sure the black is the live wire and my guess is that it should attach to the fan wire that is grey with a back stripe but am not sure.

Can anyone confirm?

Thanks!

With only two wires you will have no problem.

I would connect Black / Grey with stripe, Grey / Grey.

It doesn't actually matter which way round they go, the fan will still go the right way

The wall fan I installed I plugged into a wall socket. The plug only has 2 pins on it so can go in any way around.

Can you just let everyone know you fitted the fan and are okay as I think playing around with the wiring and electrics in Thailand are a recipe for trouble and best left to a local electrician for what it costs.

Wire the colours any way together,,

WARNING if there is a YELLOW wire

that is the earth wire, it doesn't belong

with the other two, earth = ground, the

stuff you walk on.

Can you just let everyone know you fitted the fan and are okay as I think playing around with the wiring and electrics in Thailand are a recipe for trouble and best left to a local electrician for what it costs.

Yes, fitted , working OK and I did not electrocute myself.

Thanks

I don't know much but I do know enough to turn the power completely off before touching the wires and such - which is more than the so-called electricians out where I live seem to.

Every time I or my home has come near to harm from electricity, it has been has been courtesy of the local electricians.

if it sucks rather than blows switch them around so it blows rather than sucks..

Can you just let everyone know you fitted the fan and are okay as I think playing around with the wiring and electrics in Thailand are a recipe for trouble and best left to a local electrician for what it costs.

Yes, fitted , working OK and I did not electrocute myself.

Thanks

I don't know much but I do know enough to turn the power completely off before touching the wires and such - which is more than the so-called electricians out where I live seem to.

Every time I or my home has come near to harm from electricity, it has been has been courtesy of the local electricians.

Good policy. When I was young, before the days of neon screwdrivers, it was common practice for electricians to put 2 fingers on the wires to check for power, just had to make sure both fingers were on the same hand.

That's how electricians 'feel' the energy.. with their fingers.

Easier in US at 110v.

Aloha, All