Dismounting a Hampton Bay ceiling fan is fairly straightforward.
If you need to move your Hampton Bay flush mount ceiling fan to a different room, or, perhaps, replace it with a light fitting, you must first disassemble the unit. Before tackling the project, identify the model. If it has a light kit installed, it's a "Lynwood" fan; if not, it's a "Hawkins" model. Ensure that you still have the instruction manual. If not, log onto the Home Depot website and download a copy before starting work.
Instructions
1. Flip the breaker switch feeding power to the ceiling fan to the "Off" position and place a strip of masking tape over the switch to prevent someone else from restoring power while you're working. As an added precaution, ensure that all the light switches in the room containing the fan are in the "Off" position.
2. Place a step stool under the fan and remove the light kit as described in the following four steps; if there is no light kit fitted, go to Step 7.
3. Remove the bottom cover by grasping it from under the fan and unscrewing it in a counterclockwise direction.
4. Remove the central hex nut and rubber washer securing the glass bowl by first loosening the nut with an open-ended wrench, then spinning it off by hand. Remove the glass bowl and put it aside; place the nut and rubber washer, together with all future loose nuts and screws, in a small plastic bag.
5. Unscrew the two 60-watt lightbulbs inside the fitting. Undo the three serrated head screws securing the switch cup by turning them counterclockwise by hand. Turn the switch cup counterclockwise to unlock it and place it on one side.
6. Unscrew the plastic wire nuts connecting the switch wires to the white and black wires leading down from the motor housing; do not touch the bare ends. Place the two prongs of a neon circuit tester on the black and white wires to ensure that the power is off: If the tester fails to light up, you're safe; if the tester does light up, turn the main household circuit breaker switch to the "Off" position and tape the switch to the panel. Once this is done, disconnect the wires by unwinding them.
7. Detach the fan blades by removing each of the three fan blade mounting screws from the top with a Phillips head screwdriver. Place the screws in the plastic bag and put the blades on one side.
8. Loosen the two screws inside the open slot diagonally opposite each other on the top sides of the motor housing cover, using the Phillips screwdriver. Remove the two securing screws to the left of the previously loosened screws. Grasp the motor housing cover and twist it counterclockwise to align the mounting slots and lower the motor housing cover.
9. Pull the black, white and green wires out of the hole in the center of the mounting plate to expose the plastic wire nuts. Unscrew the wire nuts and disconnect all three wires by untwisting them.
10. Twist the bare ends of the wires leading from the power outlet box and replace the wire nuts by screwing them clockwise onto the ends of the wires. Push all three wires up through the hole and into the outlet box in the ceiling.
11. Have a helper support the fan assembly. Remove the three nuts securing the motor housing the mounting bracket with a 1/4-inch nut driver and lower the fan assembly.
12. Undo the two screws securing the mounting bracket to the outlet box with the Phillips screwdriver and remove the mounting bracket.
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