Hanging a ceiling fan from a steeply angled ceiling isn't a difficult project, but it does require a few extra parts when you buy your fan. A that adjusts to the angle of any slanted ceiling will allow you to start with a flat plane when mounting the fan. Get a fan kit that includes an extension rod, which makes the fan hang down from the ceiling by a few feet so the blades will clear the angled ceiling.
Instructions
1. Cut the power to the existing ceiling fixture from the main panel. Remove the existing fixture, taking out the mounting screws holding it in place and pulling apart the connections between the fixture wires and the wires that are coming out of the ceiling electrical box.
2. Install the cathedral ceiling fan bracket onto the electrical box with the provided screws and your screwdriver. Set a small level on the bottom of the bracket and adjust the angle of the bracket, using the provided thumbscrews, until the bottom is level. Pull the wires from the electrical box down through the hole in the bracket.
3. Set the assembled fan (minus the blades) on top of your ladder, with the extension rod positioned near the electrical box. Connect the wires coming out the top of the extension rod to the wires hanging down from the electrical box, black to black and white to white. Make the connections by twisting wire connectors over the two wire ends together, then wrapping the connectors with electrician's tape.
4. Wrap the copper grounding wire from the electrical box around the green ground screw on the inside of the top portion of the extension rod.
5. Attach the extension rod to the ceiling bracket with the provided mounting screws. The wiring between the fan and the bracket should be tucked up inside the bracket. Finish assembling the fan by attaching the fan blades as directed by the fan instructions. Turn the power on.
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