Ceiling Fan Electrical Box Installation

Rooms that measure about 75 square feet need a fan with a 29 to 36 inch blade diameter.

Ceiling fan electrical box installation.

Always be sure to follow the manufacturer s instructions. Attach new electrical box. How to install a ceiling fan 1. Remove the existing light fixture.

Contact your nearest summit electric for more information to place an o. If the room size is 144 to 225 square feet select a fan with a 44 inch blade diameter. The family handyman editor in chief gary wentz will show you how to remove an old light and install a ceiling fan brace so you can properly install a new c. Make sure electricity to circuit is turned off and carefully remove the glass.

Ceiling junction boxes in most cases an electrician installs a rough in electrical box before hanging any type of ceiling fixture. Electrical box and a ceiling fan wiring hanger bracket family handyman feed the existing wire through the cable clamp in the top of the new metal ceiling fan junction box slip the box over the saddle screws and tighten the nuts to clamp the box to the shaft with a nut driver or a deep well socket. If it s nailed to a joist pry it free. Next secure the mounting bracket to the box.

Remove the old electrical box from the ceiling. It can be made of metal or plastic it s usually round and it. Remove box and cut new hole. What you need ladder screwdriver hammer drill pry bar utility knife flashlight wrench or groove joint pliers perhaps a reciprocating saw fan rated box box brace.

This video shows how easy it is to install this old work ceiling fan box with brace. Thread the main wires through the center of the mounting bracket. If the fan has a slide on bracket you can leave the mounting bolts on the junction box and simply slide the fan bracket.