Next secure the mounting bracket to the box. Not sure about the legality of that install.
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Ceiling fan hanging by wires. Most common electrical cables include three conductors. Thread the main wires through the center of the mounting bracket. Tuck the wires back into the box. Connect white wires together. Get a strong ladder and set it beneath the ceiling fan fixture. Connect black wires together.
Use wire nuts to attach the fans black or colored wire and white wire to matching wires in the ceiling box. A ceiling fan with a light fixture usually has two separate circuits one for the fan and one for the lights. Each of these has a black hot wire and each should also have a white neutral wire and a bare ground wire although there may be only one common neutral and one common ground to serve both circuits. Screw in the fan faceplate over the bracket. Tuck the connected wires into the ceiling bracket. The red or striped wire is the hot wire for the lighting fixture of the ceiling fan so if your ceiling fan does not have a lighting fixture it will only have the three other wires mentioned in the following sections.
Find the short green wire or the green ground screw on your ceiling fan hanging bracket. The ceiling fan motor does not have a ground wire. The basic installation of a ceiling fan is no different from that of a standard light fixture. Connect the lighting wire typically blue to the black fan wire and the black ceiling wire. Attach the bare copper wire from your electrical box to. Always be sure to follow the manufacturers instructions.
If the fan has a slide on bracket you can leave the mounting bolts on the junction box and simply slide the fan bracket. Finishing the installation 1. Connect the greencopper wires together. It is best to have two people one to hold the fan and the other to do the work. Take your wires and tuck them into the ceiling bracket so that you. This is a fan located at a sonic restaurant running while hanging in reverse quite literally by its wires.
The fan and a lighting assembly. A ceiling fan usually consists of two main parts. A black wire to carry the hot feed a white wire for. Ceiling fans are often equipped with a separate light kit that hangs beneath the fan. Looks like it was inserted into the. Fit the fans faceplate over the bracket and the wires and line up the.
If you are alone however get a second ladder and place it next to yours. Turn on the power from. If the wiring has a green ground wire attach it to the green or bare wire in the box. You can then place the fan on this ladder while you do your repairs. Turn the power back on and test the fan.
Gallery of Ceiling Fan Hanging By Wires
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