Connect the grounding wires from the ceiling downrod and hanging bracket with a wire nut. Save money and do it yourself.
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How to put a ceiling fan together. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. If your ceiling is more than 12 in. This video shows how to install a ceiling fan in the place of a light fixture. Turn on the power from. 3 lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts. For a fan with a downrod thread the wires through the canopy trim ring if applicable canopy and downrod.
You may find several pairs of wires in the ceiling box. Tuck the connected wires into the ceiling bracket. Connect black wires together. The ceiling plate or fan bracket is the fixture that your fan will be suspended from. How to install a ceiling fan 1 turn off the power at the fuse or circuit panel. To connect the ceiling fan wiring and receiver wires follow the steps below.
In this video this old house electrical contractor john barros shows how to swap a light fixture for a ceiling fan. Run the wires on one side of the pin in the downrod ball. Thick as ours was rotate the feet and position the rod the depth of the box from the ceiling. Hold the ceiling plate up to the fan box and pull all of the wires through the hole in its center. The wires come in two or three colors. Use the provided screws to tightly secure the ceiling plate in place.
Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Tuck the wires back into the box. Connect the white wire from the fan and white wire from the receiver marked to motor with a wire nut. Rotate the shaft to secure the brace to the framing. Connect white wires together. Fit the fans faceplate over the bracket and the wires and line up the.
Finishing the installation 1. For a flush mount fan thread the wires from the fan motor through the top housing trim ring if applicable and canopy. This job is so easy anyone can do it with minimal tools. Attach the ceiling plate or bracket. Connect the black wire. Turn the power back on and test the fan.
Take your wires and tuck them into the ceiling bracket so that you. Connect the greencopper wires together. Feed the fan brace up into the hole rest the flat edge of the feet against the ceiling and center the shaft over the hole. 4 disconnect the wires to the. Screw in the fan faceplate over the bracket.
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