Fans can be used in both hot and cold climates.
A ceiling fan is not only a great way to add interest and decor to a room, but it’s also a functional addition whether your home is sweltering or freezing. During the hot summer, you can use it to blow cool air past you, and during winter, you can reverse its direction to push the hot air on the ceiling down to where you are in the room.
Instructions
1. Choose a spot on the ceiling where you want to install your fan.
2. Tape the template that came with the fan onto the ceiling in the exact spot you chose. This will show you the exact size and shape the hole in your ceiling needs to be.
3. Cut along the outline on the template using the box cutters, until there is a hole in your ceiling that goes to your attic or crawl space.
4. Install the hanging hardware that came with your fan. If you’re installing in a room with a finished ceiling, you’ll need to install the box by aligning your hole with the joists above, so you can slide the hardware into the hole, and simply screw it into the wooden joist. Otherwise, you can install the hardware as usual, running between both joists, and holding the box in place that way.
5. Run a 14 gauge electrical cable from your breaker box to the hole you just cut and through the top hole of the hanging hardware box.
6. Separate the hot and cold (black and white) wires out of the cable, and strip off 3/4-inch of sheath from both, exposing the bare wire. Do this to both ends of the cable.
7. Twist the black wire from the cable onto the black wire coming out of the fan using the wire nuts that were included with the fan. Do the same with the white wire. Wrap the ground wire (bare copper) around the green ground screw on the fan body, and tighten the screw.
8. Screw the fan body into the hanging hardware box, using the screws that came with the fan, to fasten it to the ceiling.
9. Turn off the power to your house. Install a 15 amp breaker in your breaker box by sliding it firmly into place.
10. Insert the black wire from the cable you ran into the 15 amp breaker’s terminal block, and tighten the block screw to fasten it in place. Insert the white wire into the neutral bus bar, and tighten the screw. Finally, insert the ground wire into the grounding bus bar, and tighten the screw.
11. Turn the power to your house back on.
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