Lamps Plus Ceiling Fans – Two why you should put in a ceiling fan, cooling and heating. If you live in a very cold climate, fans can push warm air gathered near the ceiling down again. Ceiling fans may be all to easy to install for those who have some mechanical aptitude. Current ceiling fans feature remote-controls to vary speed and adjust lighting. If your room already includes a light fixture within the ceiling, your light fixture probably has one hot or feed wire going to it, the neutral white and the bonding green or copper. Essentially this can be a three-wire system. Many new construction homes have four wires available, one to the light then one to the fan motor control and the neutral and ground. If you only have one Hot wire feeding the ceiling junction box, the remote-control fans will continue to work along with your application. Additionally some remote-controlled fans use wall controller which sends its signal to the fan as being a TV remote. It just seems like a wall control unit. If you just have the ability wire for the remote-controlled fan, please cap from the fourth wire which you will not require to make use of. This should be shown in your directions that was included with the fan assembly.
Once you have acquired an admirer that suits you, put it together according to the instructions given. Some fans can be a much more complex, ask an associate to help you if need be. It is best to help it become assembled correctly, having a ceiling fan blade thud you on your head may be annoying. Once you have the pre-assembly completed, it’s simple to prepare the ceiling junction box. Of course I know you have already made sure the ability to the ceiling box is powered down with out you can energize it accidentally. Once you have done this, you must find three wires within the J-box. A copper or green wire for bonding. A white wire to the neutral and a red or black wire to the power. If your junction box includes a fourth wire, this could be setup to get a wall controlled fan switch that’s great and allows you to make use of a non-remote wall controller. I should mention that some all fans feature a wall controllers designed as remotes so do not be confused because they all use the singular feed in your ceiling junction box.
A word about weight, not yours but anything regarding the size of your fan. If you have a large fan and its weighted near 12 pounds or higher, you need a special junction box that can keep the more weight. I would recommend you may ask someone that knows about these heavier fans you might need what you are going to install. Most fans are lighter and may be installed in most junction boxes without modifications.
Now why don’t we get it down there, the fan that is. Many fans feature a Hanger shaped like a U. Install this hanger on your box, the screws should be 8/32 types. That means a size 8 diameter or gauge screw with 32 threads per inch. Once you have the hanger installed, pick-up your fan motor without the blades installed and it on the hanger. This allows you the electrician to get together the wires without struggling to juggle the motor and wire it as well. Connect the bonding wire to the chassis as noted within the instructions. Next connect the white neutral wire, now the black wire. Swing the fan into place while using the parts provided. Some have brackets, some work with a metal plate while some use preformed mounting bases. Use your instructions and you will have an admirer right away. Smaller fans may need you to definitely pre-assemble your blades before hanging the fan. I always found installing the motor first then installing the blades last is easier. It does require however, you to definitely work above your face to find the blades attached.
Once you have the fan hanging, the blades installed and everything tightened it’s simple to step from the ladder, relax, then install the wall controller as provided. These all vary in design but they all follow similar procedures. Remember, you will have a line and load situation here. This means, the fishing line side could be the pair of wires the feed in the switch box from the panel while the Load side is going to your fan. This is critical so ensure you comprehend the difference. Connect the Load side first: Connect your bonding wire first. Then connect your white neutral wire. Then your hot wire. Next do the Line (incoming) side next: Bond or ground should already be composed to the new controller. Next wire your white neutral to the controllers neutral to the Line side. You may have already wired your neutrals together according to your instructions. Now wire your Hot or Power wire to the Line side of the controller. If you have the fourth wire in that room, cap them back or use it to the motor control and connect it accordingly to your directions. Red to Red is truly the case here. Once completed, get yourself some Iced Tea and enjoy your brand-new fan.