Hunter has many kinds of indoor and outdoor ceiling fans. The series of fans they offer include Architect, Mission, Art Noveau, and Low Profile. Despite these many different styles, the process of wiring the ceiling fan is relatively similar among all of them. In essence, the wires from the junction box in the ceiling need to be connected to the wires coming from the fan. So long as you use proper precaution when dealing with electrical components, this is a safe job that can be done in a few minutes.
Instructions
1. Turn off the power to the circuit where the Hunter fan is to be wired. Climb a ladder and use a circuit tester on the wires from the outlet box to ensure that no power is coming through the wires.
2. Prepare the Hunter ceiling fan to be wired. Mount the ceiling fan on a metal ceiling plate that's attached to the wood joists in the ceiling, and let the fan hang from the fan ball in the bracket. When the fan is mounted, stick the wires from the outlet box in the ceiling through the central hole in the ceiling plate.
3. If your Hunter fan does not have a remote control transmitter, skip to Step 6. Otherwise, connect the receiver to the ceiling plate and note the wires coming from the receiver, the ceiling plate, and the down rod of the Hunter fan.
4. Connect the ground wires together in one large wire nut, which should come with the Hunter fan packaging. Twist the leads of the ground wires, which are green, together and screw the wire nut over them.
5. Connect the white wire from the ceiling to the white wire from the receiver, and the black wire from the ceiling to the black wire from the receiver. Cover each of these connections with a wire nut. Now connect the red wire from the receiver to a black or white wire from the fan. Connect a black wire from the receiver to a black wire from the fan, and connect a white wire from the fan to a white wire from the receiver. Be sure to cover these connections with wire nuts as well. Press all of these wires carefully through the ceiling plate so that they are above the ceiling, inside the outlet box. Be careful not to damage the wires.
6. Note the three wires coming from the outlet box through the ceiling box and the three wires from the ceiling fan through the down rod. Connect corresponding colors: white to white, black to black, and green to green. The green wire is the ground wire and may be blue colored for your Hunter fan. Strip any insulation needed to make a good connection with the leads. Insert a wire nut over each connection and press all of these wires once connected carefully through the ceiling plate into outlet box behind it.
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