Downrod Ceiling Fan – Two reasons to purchase a ceiling fan, cooling and heating. If you live in a very cold climate, fans can push hot air gathered nearby the ceiling back down. Ceiling fans could be all to easy to install in case you have some mechanical aptitude. Current ceiling fans come with remote-controls to vary speed and adjust lighting. If your room already carries a fitting within the ceiling, your fitting probably has one hot or feed wire going to it, the neutral white and also 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 and one to the fan motor control and also the neutral and ground. If you only have one Hot wire feeding the ceiling junction box, the remote-control fans will continue to work using your application. Additionally some remote-controlled fans use wall controller which sends its signal on the fan just like a TV remote. It just looks like a wall control unit. If you merely have the power wire on your remote-controlled fan, please cap from the fourth wire which you will not need to work with. This ought to be shown in your directions that had the fan assembly.
Once you have acquired a lover you prefer, assemble it according on the instructions given. Some fans really are a little more complex, ask a friend to assist if necessary. It is best to help it become assembled correctly, developing a ceiling fan blade thud yourself on the head could be annoying. Once you have the pre-assembly completed, you can now prepare the ceiling junction box. Of course I know you have already made sure the power on the ceiling box is turned off with no one can possibly energize it accidentally. Once you have done this, you should 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 carries a fourth wire, this would be set up for a wall controlled fan switch which is great and allows you to work with a non-remote wall controller. I should mention that some all fans come with a wall controllers designed as remotes so you shouldn’t be confused because these all help the singular feed in your ceiling junction box.
A word about weight, not yours but anything in regards to the height and width of your fan. If you have a substantial fan and it is weighted near 12 pounds or maybe more, you may need a special junction box that could secure the excess weight. I would recommend you ask someone who knows about these heavier fans if that is what you are going to install. Most fans are lighter and could be set up in most junction boxes without modifications.
Now let’s get up there, the fan which is. Many fans come with a Hanger in the shape of a U. Install this hanger on to your box, the screws ought to be 8/32 types. That means a size 8 diameter or gauge screw with 32 threads per inch. Once you have the hanger installed, get your fan motor minus the blades installed and place it about the hanger. This allows you the electrician to attach the wires without struggling to juggle the motor and wire it at the same time. Connect the bonding wire on 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 others use preformed mounting bases. Use your instructions you may have a lover very quickly. Smaller fans might require one to pre-assemble your blades before hanging the fan. I always found installing the motor first after which installing the blades last is much easier. It does require however, one to work above your head to find the blades attached.
Once you have the fan hanging, the blades installed and everything tightened you can now 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 find a line and load situation here. This means, the line side may be the set of wires the feed in to the switch box through 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 perform the Line (incoming) side next: Bond or ground should already be composed on the new controller. Next wire your white neutral on the controllers neutral to the Line side. You may have already wired your neutrals together as outlined by your instructions. Now wire your Hot or Power wire on the Line side of your controller. If you have the fourth wire inside, cap them back or use it to the motor control and connect it accordingly for a directions. Red to Red is often the case here. Once completed, make yourself some Iced Tea and get a new fan.