Tuesday 12 July 2016

How to run wiring for a ceiling fan

HomeChannel Just because you do. Installing the ceiling fan rough romex wiring is easy. You could run the wire from the panel to the switches, but you make it easier for any future wiring if you run the line from the panel to the box in the ceiling.


A ceiling fan improves cooling in summer and heating in winter. The result: You feel more comfortable while you save on utility bills.

Ceiling fans reduce the costs of heating and cooling your home.

All modern ceiling fans are reversible.

This video is probably too long to be worth watching. The biggest challenge is planning the cable route and running it from the fixture to the new wall switch position. If the wall is heavily insulate push conduit through the insulation and then feed wires or cable through the conduit. It will look far better in the long run if you let the wiring be run within the walls and learn how to patch them. But and unsure what wires go where and get . Wirenut this connection and push towards the back of the box.


Hang your ceiling fan from the mounting bracket. Many “ceiling hugger”–style fans have enough free space for the receiver for the ceiling fan remote. Check the fit of the receiver before you commit to wiring it in permanently.


How to connect the wiring on the ceiling fan motor. Connect Ceiling Fan Wiring 01:37. You will need to cut at least one access hole into the ceiling to feed cables and then drill through the joists. The fan connects to the existing cable from the old light. Lift the motor assembly and place the downrod ball into the slot in the ceiling bracket.


Rotate until the fan locks into place. Place wall control receiver into the mounting bracket. How remote- control fans differ from older ceiling fans.


The source is at the ceiling outlet box and 3- wire cable runs from there to the switch box. The neutral from the source is spliced directly to the white wire on the fan kit and the cable, running it through to the .

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