Big Outdoor Ceiling Fans – The flush-style ceiling fan is mounted snugly beside a flat horizontal fairly low ceiling where it’s taken care of, and where it delivers a comforting room breeze. It comes in several diameters, from about 28 to 60-inches, with regards to the room size being fitted, and can cost typically from $30 to $300. It generally has three fan motor speeds, which can be reversible. Except for the tools and possible other areas required for installing them, their self-assemble kits have any devices. In many cases, the fan, that can have its own lighting, will replace a ceiling fitting.
Safety, The electricity must be off to begin the place that the fan is to be installed. If the fan is replacing a fitting, turn off its fuse or circuit breaker in addition to flipping its wall switch to the off position. Stand on a sturdy wide-berth step stool or ladder throughout the installation; do not lean or get into a twisted position while there. Also, wear protective eye glasses or goggles. Furthermore, if additional auxiliary household wiring should be used, get professional advice or help first. Tools needed, instructions (electrical) eye glasses or goggles step-stool/ladder Phillips screwdrivers pliers electrical tape knife or sissors AC tester light wire cutter/stripper tape measure (optional) electric drill and further screws for securing the junction box, as appropriate
Installation steps (looking at the fan installation instructions thoroughly). 1. Remove the fitting through the ceiling. With the electricity off, slowly take away the shade, bulbs, and fixture screws through the electrical junction box in the ceiling. Let the skeleton fixture hang there. With the light tester, make sure the wire connections to this fixture are cold (the exam light will remain off). Cut the wires, leaving 3-5″ of tail in order to connect these to the ceiling fan motor assembly. If the property is old, only two wires might exist, a black one as well as a white one. Tip: also check the firmness with the electrical box in the ceiling. If it’s not solidly attached to the ceiling, add two extra screws to its top side, that might require drilling two holes in the box for them. The ceiling fan is heavier compared to fitting. It also wobbles slightly during operation. 2. Install the mounting bracket. After stripping the ends with the tailing wires in the junction box cleanly, install the mounting bracket on the box with the two 5/32″ screw-bolts provided. Let the tailing wires hang outside with the bracket. 3. Hang the motor assembly through the bracket. Insert the topside motor-hanger to the centralized holder with the bracket. Insert the plastic lock clip that holds it into place. Note: the hanging motor assembly is supposed to swivel slightly. 4. Connect the wiring. Generally, the motor assembly has two so-called hot wires, a black one for the motor as well as a blue or off-color one for the lights being attached below it. Overlap the stripped ends of the two wires (motor and lights) together with the stripped end with the black ceiling wire in the box, and twist connect them together with the wire nut provided. Connect the white assembly wire on the white ceiling wire exactly the same way.
Then, to hold these connections from loosening even though the fan is working, tape the wide lower ends of the nuts to their wires with electrical tape. Also, attach the green fan wire (ground wire through the bracket frame) on the electrical box in the event the box can be grounded which has a third bare or green wire. Otherwise, in the event the electrical box in not grounded, ask an expert about this green wire connection. Some will say to get forced out be, i.e., do nothing at all with it. Others could suggest further wiring? 5. Install the flush-mount motor shroud. Install the motor shroud on the far ends with the mounting bracket with the small screws provided. It covers/hides the sides with the motor along with the wiring and ceiling box. 6. Assemble the fan blades (3 to 4) and mount them. After picking out the top or bottom reversible blade color scheme preferred, attach the blades to their end brackets with the screws and washers provided. Then mount the blades on the bottom side of fan motor with the bolts, lock washers, and dampening gaskets provided. Note: these latter pieces sometimes are partially pre-installed on the motor to hold them separate through the rest with the kit hardware.
Tip: to hold the motor from becoming too off-level with this step, install the blades individually opposite together to start with. 7. Install the lighting assembly. Attach the fan’s lighting assembly on the small round central housing unit just underneath the fan blades via the quick-wire-connectors and small screws provided. Install the glass shades, bulbs, and pull-chain extenders in the order instructed. Note: a housing cap is provided in the event the lighting assembly is not wanted for any reason. 8. Test the fan and lights. After turning the electricity back on, flip the wall switch to on. Set the pull-chain switches as desired. Often, the fan lighting is set into the future on with the wall switch, even though the fan itself is controlled through the pull-chain switch only, initially set in the off position. Note: The ceiling fan features a reversible motor switch that allows the draft either to go upward or downward as preferred. For more information on ceiling fan installation, begin to see the following sites.