Use an adapter in your ceiling fan if you want it to sit lower than the suspension balls allow. This is generally required in rooms with sloped ceilings to prevent the fan blades from hitting the ceiling. Hunter calls the adapter piece a pipe. It gets inserted right before the hanger bracket. The pipe is then secured to the Hunter fan assembly and holds the entire ceiling fan in place.
Instructions
1. Turn off power to the room in which you will installing the Hunter ceiling fan. Locate the electrical box in the ceiling and the wires which will supply power to the ceiling fan. Check the wires with a circuit tester to ensure that no power is being supplied to them.
2. Drill 9/64-inch pilot holes through the electrical box's top and into the wooden support structure above it. Push three of the supplied isolator's tabs into the three small holes around the ceiling plate's edge. Place the ceiling plate over the electrical box, thread the wires through the center hole, and line up the screw holes with the pilot holes you made.
3. Slide a washer onto a 3-inch wood screw. Drive the screw through one of the ceiling plate's screw holes and into the corresponding pilot hole. Repeat with the second screw hole and pilot hole.
4. Insert the adapter, or pipe, through the hanger bracket and the canopy. Lift the three parts up to the ceiling plate and insert the wires through the adapter and out of the canopy.
5. Clip the supplied isolators onto the hanger bracket's edges. Some Hunter ceiling fan models come with these isolators already installed. Lift the bracket up to the ceiling plate. Twist the bracket clockwise to lock it into place.
6. Lift the fan assembly up to the adapter. Insert the wires and the adapter into the fan assembly. Screw the fan assembly to the adapter. Use the supplied Allen wrench to tighten the setscrew on the fan assembly.
7. Connect each of the fan's wires with like-colored wires coming from the ceiling. Twist a wire nut over each electrical connection.
8. Lift the canopy up to cover the ceiling plate and hanger bracket. Line up the canopy's screw holes with the ceiling plate's screw holes. Secure it in place with the supplied screws.
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