Fan wiring HELP!

I salvaged a fan from an exhaust hood for a stove and it has 3 wires red , black , and white.I was going to hook it to a heavy duty extension cord but when i stripped the wires the extension cord has white, black and green wires? I need to know which wires go where? and also if this will even work at all?

remember green is your ground wire....

white live black neutral green ground

superbub52 said:

white live black neutral green ground

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yup! easy. dont worry 110v wont kill you... its just a lil tingle

do you know what voltage the fan is? you may need to wire it into an adapter to convert the current from AC to DC.

superbub52 said:

white live black neutral green ground

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NO black is hot white nuetral and green is ground im no electrician but im pretty sure it would work just connect the wires together with a wire nut. black with black white with white and red with green. remember im not an electrician.

schwa said:

NO black is hot white nuetral and green is ground im no electrician but im pretty sure it would work just connect the wires together with a wire nut. black with black white with white and red with green. remember im not an electrician.

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if you smell burning hair than let go...

check labels for voltages and amps The fan could be 240 volt meaning 2 hot wires ( black and Red) white neutral and there may be a ground screw definitely attach an ground from any cord or what ever you use to hook the thing up to the metal housing on the fan. Or sometimes the black feeds the fan and the red feeds a light or something. Maybe try using a cord with the female end cut off to test it and hook up only the black white and ground and see if it works just be sure to unplug it quick if it doesn't sound good