hohenwald48 wrote:
Nomex? I think you might have meant Romex. One is fire retardant fabric. The other is a wire type. ;) And I think the Romex (yellow #12) goes to a 120VAC outlet up there in the upper right corner and is not involved in the OPs question. There is also a Romex (white #14) connected to a 120VAC outlet on the right side. I think cbshoestring gave a pretty good explanation of how to reconnect the wires.
My fingers must have been sleepy when I typed that. Yes Romex, not Nomex.
The purple wire confuses me, but I ASSUME it is part of the 12volt system. Then again, I did not disassemble the above project----- that is what I was trying to point out to the OP. Removing a fan is a pretty simple project, providing he removes the fan wires, then reconnects everything else as it was. A BEFORE picture may have assisted with the AFTER.
Still, my GUESS would be reconnected purple to purple, white to white.
ABOVE are my opinions, to be used as informational ONLY, not intended to be professional advise.