The gently-moving air from a ceiling fan lowers your cooling needs by creating a breeze during the summer. In the winter, it moves warm air off the ceiling and down into the room. This is especially helpful with high or vaulted ceilings. Installing a ceiling fan, with or without a light, is a simple way to lower heating and cooling costs.
Instructions
1. Turn off power to the circuit on which you will be working. Remove the switch box cover and verify the power is off by bringing the no-contact voltage tester probe close to the wires in the switch box. Check the wires in the wiring box in the ceiling the same way -- the no-contact voltage tester light should remain off.
2. Hang the fan as directed in the manufacturer's installation sheet. Connect the green ground wires from the fan and fan mounting bracket to the bare or green wire ground wire in the wiring box in the ceiling. Hold the bare ends of the wires together and screw a supplied wire nut on.
3. Connect the white wire from the fan to the white wire in the ceiling box. Hold the bare ends of the wires together and screw on a supplied wire nut -- there should be no visible copper wire or copper strands left outside the nut.
4. Connect the remaining colored wires from the fan to the black wire that goes to the switch with a wire nut for single-switch wiring. Connect the black fan wire to one black wire, and the blue fan wire to the other black wire in the ceiling box for dual-switch wiring. Hold the bare wire ends together and cap with a wire nut.
5. Complete the fan assembly to the fan wiring box in the ceiling. Replace the switch cover plate and turn the power on. Test the fan operation. Turn the wall switch on, and the fan and any lights should turn on. The lights and fan can be operated or turned off with the pull chain switches when the wall switch is on.
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