Wiring A Ceiling Fan And Light – The flush-style ceiling fan is mounted snugly beside a set horizontal fairly low ceiling where it is off the beaten track, and from which it delivers a comforting room breeze. It comes in several diameters, from about 28 to 60-inches, depending on the room size being fitted, which enable it to cost typically from $30 to $300. It generally has three fan motor speeds, which can be reversible. Except for the various tools and possible the rest required for installing them, their self-assemble kits include anything else. In many cases, the fan, that can have its own lighting, will replace a ceiling fitting.
Safety, The electricity should be off at the site where the fan is usually to be installed. If the fan is replacing a fitting, turn off its fuse or circuit breaker together with flipping its wall change to the off position. Stand on a sturdy wide-berth step stool or ladder in the installation; don’t lean or enter a twisted position while there. Also, wear protective eye glasses or goggles. Furthermore, if additional auxiliary household wiring is required, 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 (reading the fan installation instructions thoroughly). 1. Remove the fitting in the ceiling. With the electricity off, slowly get rid of the shade, bulbs, and fixture screws in the electrical junction box in the ceiling. Let the skeleton fixture hang there. With the light tester, make sure the wire connections to this particular fixture are cold (the exam light will continue to be off). Cut the wires, leaving 3-5″ of tail allowing you to connect the crooks to the ceiling fan motor assembly. If the property is old, only two wires might exist, a black one plus a white one. Tip: also check the firmness in the electrical box in the ceiling. If it is not solidly attached to the ceiling, add two extra screws to its top side, that might require drilling two holes in the box on their behalf. The ceiling fan is heavier compared to the fitting. It also wobbles slightly during operation. 2. Install the mounting bracket. After stripping the ends in the tailing wires in the junction box cleanly, install the mounting bracket towards the box with all the two 5/32″ screw-bolts provided. Let the tailing wires hang outside in the bracket. 3. Hang the motor assembly in the bracket. Insert the topside motor-hanger in to the centralized holder in the bracket. Insert the plastic lock clip that holds it into place. Note: the hanging motor assembly should certainly swivel slightly. 4. Connect the wiring. Generally, the motor assembly has two so-called hot wires, a black one for your motor plus a blue or off-color one for your lights being attached below it. Overlap the stripped ends of such two wires (motor and lights) together with all the stripped end in the black ceiling wire in the box, and twist connect them together with all the wire nut provided. Connect the white assembly wire towards the white ceiling wire the same way.
Then, to help keep these connections from loosening while the fan is working, tape the wide lower ends of such nuts for their wires with electrical tape. Also, attach the green fan wire (ground wire in the bracket frame) towards the electrical box when the box is additionally grounded which has a third bare or green wire. Otherwise, when the electrical box in not grounded, ask an experienced concerning this green wire connection. Some will say to get forced out be, i.e., relax from it. Others could suggest further wiring? 5. Install the flush-mount motor shroud. Install the motor shroud towards the far ends in the mounting bracket with all the small screws provided. It covers/hides the sides in the motor along with the wiring and ceiling box. 6. Assemble the fan blades (4 to 6) and mount them. After choosing the top or bottom reversible blade color scheme preferred, attach the blades for their end brackets with all the screws and washers provided. Then mount the blades towards the bottom side of fan motor with all the bolts, lock washers, and dampening gaskets provided. Note: these latter pieces sometimes are partially pre-installed towards the motor to help keep them separate in the rest in the kit hardware.
Tip: to help keep the motor from becoming too off-level in this step, install the blades one-by-one opposite to each other to begin with. 7. Install the lighting assembly. Attach the fan’s lighting assembly towards the small round central housing unit just under the fan blades using 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 when the lighting assembly is just not wanted without any reason. 8. Test the fan and lights. After turning the electricity back on, flip the wall change to on. Set the pull-chain switches as desired. Often, the fan lighting is set in the future on with all the wall switch, while the fan itself is controlled through the pull-chain switch only, initially set in the off position. Note: The ceiling fan carries a reversible motor switch that allows the draft either to go upward or downward as preferred. For more information on ceiling fan installation, see the following sites.