Attaching a Ceiling Fan

Test that there is no power in the box. Secure the fan's mounting bracket to the ceiling fixture box with screws. If rubber washers are provided, be sure to install them between the bracket and the box.

Slide the downrod through the canopy, slip on the yoke cover, and pull the wires through. Attach the downrod to the motor housing with the hanger pin and retaining clip.

Carefully lift the assembled fan and hook the ball-like end of the downrod into the mounting bracket. Avoid having wires getting caught between the brackets and the end of the downrod. This ball-and-socket arrangement lets the fan unit swing slightly.

Wire the fan. The black lead controls the motor and the blue or striped lead controls the light. If you have two-wire cable, splice both to the black house wire. Splice the white lead to white wire and connect the grounds.

Fold the wires into the box. Push the canopy against the ceiling and secure it to the mounting bracket with the provided setscrews. Screw a fan bracket onto each fan blade. Attach each fan bracket to the underside of the motor. Make sure all the screws are tight.

Remove the plate on the bottom of the fan and wire the light kit. The model shown here uses plug-together connectors. Some fans require that wires be spliced.

Tuck the wires into the housing and push the light kit onto the fan. Tighten the screws to secure it. Install the lightbulb(s) and globe.

In this arrangement a standard single-pole switch turns the fan and the light on and off at the same time. To turn one or the other off, use the fan?s pull-chain switch. Avoid installing a standard dimmer for a fan -- it damages the fan.

A wireless remote-control fan/light switch controls both the fan and the light from anywhere in the room. It has two parts. Wire the receiving unit according to its instructions and tuck it inside the canopy. The sending unit is battery-powered.

If you installed a fan only, with no light kit, a push-button fan control operates the fan at different speeds. With more expensive ceiling fans, switches are available that have separate controls for the fan and the light, though they require only two-wire cable.

A two-wire cable brings power to the switch and three-wire cable runs from the switch to the fixture box. Splice the black lead on the switch to the black incoming power wire. Splice the switch light lead to the hot wire from the lamp and the switch fan lead to the hot wire from the fan. Splice the white wires together and connect the grounds.

Many types and styles of fan lights are available. Most often they are purchased separately from the fan.