Flush-mount ceiling fans sit tight against the ceiling.
Ceiling fans are pretty easy to install today, with kits that are designed to allow the homeowner to do it and straightforward wiring configurations. A flush-mounted fan is one in which the base of the fan sits directly against the ceiling, instead of dangling down from a rod. Make sure the base of your new fan is wider than the existing fixture so it will cover any marks in the ceiling paint left by the old fixture.
Instructions
1. Turn off the electricity to the existing fixture at the circuit box of the house. Remove the existing fixture, using your screwdriver to take out the mounting screws and then disconnecting the wiring. You will be left with three wires (black, white and bare copper) hanging out of the electrical box in the ceiling.
2. Hold the mounting bracket for your ceiling fan kit up the electrical box. Secure it there with the provided mounting screws, putting them through the mounting holes in the face of the box. Pull the wires down through the hole in the middle of the bracket.
3. Assemble the ceiling fan on the floor, except for the blades. Set the unit at the top of the ladder, getting the wires from the top of the unit as close as possible to the wires hanging out of the ceiling electrical box. (Some kits have a hook on the bracket, designed to allow you to hang the fan unit there temporarily while you wire the fan.)
4. Connect the black wire from the fan unit to the coming out of the ceiling, twisting a wire cap over the ends of the wires and wrapping it in electrician's tape. Do the same for the white wires from the fan and the ceiling.
5. Pull the bare copper grounding wire out of the ceiling box and wrap the end of it onto the green grounding screw in the fan unit. Tighten the screw.
6. Hold the fan unit up the mounting bracket, pushing the wiring up into the box as you do. The base of the unit should sit flush against the ceiling and completely cover the area that had been covered by the previous fixture.
7. Attach the ceiling fan unit to the bracket with the provided screws. Install the fan blades and restore the power.
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