Install a light kit onto your ceiling fan.
Practically every ceiling fan on the market today has a light or has the ability to have one installed. Whether you purchase the ceiling fan with a light kit or bought a light kit separately, the installation is the same to connect the lights to the ceiling fan. Adding lights to an existing ceiling fan can enhance the beauty of the fan as well as increase the light in your room. Make sure you choose a light that matches the finish of your existing ceiling fan.
Instructions
1. Turn off the circuit that supplies electricity to the ceiling fan by turning off the breaker inside the main electrical panel.
2. Remove the switch housing cap from the switch housing by removing the screws that attach it to the housing. The switch housing is located at the bottom of the ceiling fan below the fan blades.
3. Push out the knockout plug located in the center of the cap. Thread the wires and the nipple from the ceiling fan light through the hole in the cap. Thread the wires through the locknut and screw it onto the nipple. This secures the ceiling fan light to the cap.
4. Find the two wires inside the switch housing that connect the ceiling fan light to the fan. One wire is white and the other is labeled as the light kit wire.
5. Connect the white wire from the ceiling fan light to the white wire from the switch housing by twisting an orange wire connector onto the two wires. Repeat this connection for the black wire from the ceiling fan light and the light kit wire from the switch housing. Replace the cap onto the switch housing with the screws you removed in Step 2.
6. Take the screws from the ceiling fan canopy to release it from the hanging bracket at the ceiling. Locate the two black wires that are connected together with an orange wire connector and remove the connector. Locate the light kit wire from the ceiling fan motor and connect it with the two black wires using a red wire connector.
7. Replace the ceiling fan canopy onto the hanging bracket and turn the breaker that powers the ceiling fan on inside the main electrical panel.
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