Installing a Progress Fan Universal Light kit can be done in about 20 minutes. This article deals specifically with the Progress Fan Universal Lighting Kits No. 2642, No. 2643 and No. 2647. However, it applies to 99 percent of all available ceiling fan light kits. The only differences being the shape, style and number of bulbs. Even with the differences they all attach the same way. Adding to ceiling fans can change the look of an entire room, making it not only more aesthetically pleasing but also adding more light.
Instructions
1. Turn off the circuit breaker or fuse controlling your ceiling fan to make the wires safe to handle. Locate and loosen the three screws holding on the cover at the lowest level of the ceiling fan. They are positioned around the side of the cover equally spaced. Loosen the screws enough for the cover to be able to spin. One screw may not have slots and will need to be completely removed. Twist the cover counter-clockwise to line up the screws with the vertical slots then pull it straight down to remove it.
2. Remove the plastic plug located in the center of the cover. Squeeze the two little plastic tabs on the inside of the cover together and pull the plug out from the other side. Remove the nut and washer from the light kit's threaded tube where the wires come out.
3. Insert the wires into the hole in the cover where you removed the plastic plug, with the cupped side of the cover facing away from the light kit. Thread the cover onto the light kits threaded tube clock-wise until it's tight. Slide the washer then the nut over the wires from the threaded tube, and tighten the nut.
4. Hold the light kit up to the fan where you removed the cover. Attach the white wire from the fan to the white wire from the light kit. The Progress fan has quick-connect wires that only need to be pushed into each other. Other types of light kits have wire nuts on the wires for the connection. Attach the black (or blue) wire from the fan to the black (or blue) wire from the light kit.
5. Push the wires into a location where they won't interfere when you reattach the cover (now attached to the light kit by the threaed tube) back on to the fan. Line up the slots in the cover with the screws and slide the cover back on.Twist the light kit and cover clock-wise until the screws are at the end of the horizontal part of the slot. Put in the screw that you had to remove then tighten all three screws.
6. Attach your glass covers onto the light kit with the screws provided. Put your light bulbs in and turn the circuit breaker or fuse for the ceiling fan back on.
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