Ceiling fans today are designed for easy installation in place of existing ceiling lights or other electrical fixtures. The same wiring system that feeds your lights (one black "hot" wire, one white neutral wire, and one bare copper ground wire) can run your fan, with the existing wall light switch kept in place to control it. Lasko is a ceiling fan company that specializes in vintage-looking fans, though those designs include modern advancements like mounting hooks and easy-installing blades.
Instructions
1. Turn off electricity to the existing ceiling light at the house circuit box. Remove the existing fixture by taking out the screws that hold it in place. Disconnect the wiring above it and discard the fixture. You should be left with an exposed electrical box and three wires: black, white and bare copper.
2. Place the mounting bracket from your Lasko fan kit against the electrical box, lining up the screw holes and affixing it with the provided screws.
3. Wrap the copper ground wire from the electrical box around the green grounding screw on the mounting bracket. Tighten the screw.
4. Put your Lasko fan together (on the floor) according to its instructions. Details will vary with each model. Don't attach the fan blades.
5. Hang the fan unit from the mounting hook on the bracket, so the unit hangs sideways under the box, allowing easy access to the wires in the fan and the box.
6. Connect the white wire from the fan to the white wire from the electrical box, by holding the wire ends together and twisting a wire cap over both. Repeat the process for the two black wires.
7. Push the wire connections into the electrical box. Raise the fan to the mounting bracket and secure it there with the provided screws.
8. Turn on the electricity. Use the wall switch that controlled the previous fixture to test the fan motor. If it works correctly, install the fan blades according to the instructions it came with.
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