Ceiling fans serve as an asset to your home environment. They circulate air around a room, enabling you to reduce the cost of heating and cooling your home. In addition, they're stylish and add a touch of class to a room. With the proper tools, it is not difficult to wire a Hampton Bay ceiling fan.
Instructions
Installing a Fan
1. Install a ceiling box in the location where you want the fan if you've never had a fan or ceiling light fixture in the room before. Decide where you want it and mark the location with the electrical box you intend to use by tracing its outline on the ceiling with a pencil.
2. Cut a hole along the outline of the box with a keyhole or saber saw. Fit the box into the hole until the bottom edge fits flush with the bottom of the ceiling. Nail it to the support.
3. Shut down the power to the circuit the fan will use by flipping the switch to the "off" position. Place a piece of electrical tape to mark the switch to make sure no one accidentally turns the breaker on while you're working on that circuit. Install wire of the correct diameter, usually a 12 gauge insulated wire. Push a few inches of the wire down into the box, enough to enable you to make the connections to the fan, and connect the other end to the existing wiring in the ceiling.
4. Push the mounting bracket up into the ceiling and secure the mounting plate to the box using the two screws that came with the fan. Strip enough insulation from both the white and black power wires (approximately ¾") to enable you to twist them together and cap securely with insulated wire nuts.
Replacing a Fan
5. Shut the power to the circuit off by turning off the circuit breaker. Next,
6. Attach the green ground wire on the mounting bracket to the green ground wire in the ceiling and twist them together tightly. You don't have to insulate this connection because the ground wire isn't live.
7. Push the mounting bracket up into the ceiling and secure the mounting plate to the box using the two screws that came with the fan. Strip enough insulation from both the white and black power wires (approximately ¾") to enable you to twist them together and cap securely with insulated wire nuts. You can also wrap the connections with electrical tape if you like.
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