Replace Area Light With Fan
Most ceiling fans come complete with a light, a variable speed motor, and a reverse switch. If the switch is up (keep in mind our assumption above?) it will exit the switch on the right hand traveler terminal and continue on the red wire back to the traveler terminal on the initially switch. When the switch is flipped the other way that connection is broken, and the widespread terminal is then connected to the other traveler terminal. There are many possibilities for techniques of acquiring the correct wire to the correct location but in each case the actual wiring has the similar impact and makes use of the same concept – if that effect and idea is identified the task becomes significantly easier.
Widespread to all of these wiring diagrams is that the neutral, white, wire from the lamp connects straight to the white, neutral, wire from the power in … Read the rest