how do I hang a ceiling fan from an existing room light fixture ?

Question

wife bought used fans, ie ... no instructions available and not sure about missing parts.

Answer 1

MOST LIGHT JUNCTION BOXES WILL NOT SUPPORT A FAN!!

Answer 2

First off, if its an old house and you never had one up there before, I would go to a competent electrical parts place and get a special holder.

They have this holder that has bars on both ends and when you bring them out, they "jam" into both studs so that the fan is held tight against them and "wont rock" when you turn it on high.

Other wise, most of the boxes are held up there with jus the wires, (if they have been up long enough, because they have had the nails rust away, or are just hanging on the plastered lathe boards.

The fan will wobble at high speeds because its held onto nothing but the box ontop of the lathe boards. Even if you "do" balance the fan properly, its still all that weight on there.

I hope you can get above it, to redo the wires, if not you have to take a chunk out of the ceiling and replaster...

(Now, this is only doing it the "right way").

If on the other hand you just want to put it up, take the fan out of the box and put up the "plate" on the box, (two screws is all it takes), run the wires through the plate, and attach it to the blue wire and the black wire for hot, and the white wire for neutral. and attach the green wire to the box for a ground.

Note: if you dont know which one is "hot" get yourself a "continuity tester at LOWES for about 10 bucks. It looks like a large pencil and if you have a current (power), it will flash and make a noise. Have some one at the switch when you are ready, and turn it on for a second to locate the "hot". Then turn it off and have them away from the switch. (A lot of old BX12 Cable, the wires are brittle and you cant tell which one is the hot because the paint has worn off the wire ends).


Then hang the fan on the hook, on the plate and screw in the 4 screws to mount the fan to the plate. Now put the cover on, and then, put the blades on...

There you have it..

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 3

Its possible, but I don't know what kind of light fixture your talking about. What ever you do make sure you can mount the fan to a beam in the celling. So if the light fixture is recessed, then access to a beam is no problem. There all the same wires depending on how many switches you have running to the fan.

Answer 4

it rather is achievable, in case you have an attic above the mattress room, and it rather is confusing. First confirm the place you want the fan to pass. Drill a small hollow interior the ceiling there, and push a stiff right now piece of twine up into the attic. A twine coat hanger works stable. Then upward thrust up interior the attic and locate the twine. sparkling out the insulation to divulge the ceiling sheetrock. hint a steel ceiling fan container around the place the twine got here by way of, and shrink out the hollow. set up some 2x4 bracing, linked to the joists, to assist the container and fan. Now the genuine exciting starts off. locate the suitable of the wall above the change you opt to regulate the fan. Drill a a million/2 to 5/8 hollow in the process the suitable plates, as close to to direclty above the change as achievable. Then kill the circuit that controlls the change. eliminate the hide and pull the change as some distance out of the container as achievable. eliminate between the tabs from the suitable of the container. If it advance right into a fifteen amp circuit breaker or fuse controlling the change, you will want 14 gage twine. For a 20 amp breaker, use 12 gage twine. Your going to ought to fish the twine in the process the hollow you made above the change, down interior the wall, and into the container the place you bumped off the tab. it rather is advisable to purchase or borrow a fish tape for this. the different end of the twine will pass to the container the place you want the fan. connect white, black and floor(bare twine) to the suitable terminals on the change. Hook up the fan in accordance to the guidelines that contain it. turn the potential decrease back on, and you need to be waiting. in case you haven't any longer have been given an attic, you may the two cut back into the ceiling to run the wires or use conduit to run the wires on the exterior of the wall and ceiling, and floor mount the container to the ceiling. merely verify the container is securely anchored to a joist. If the container isn't securely fixed you danger haveing the fan come crashing down onto regardless of is below it.

Answer 5

Very carefully! Actually, you're going to have to brace the existing fixture by inserting a 2x4 - or bigger - cut to length to fit between the roof trusses, and then cutting a hole in the brace for the fixture. The thickness of the brace should match the width of the truss at the point where the original fixture was hanging. Oh, and don't forget to "de-electrify" your fixture by turning off the electricity.

Answer 6

First thing is to make sure the existing box can support the weight of the fan. If not, go to Lowes or HD and get a spanner support that will go across the ceiling joists overhead and provide added strength to the box.
Then mounting the ceiling fan is a piece of cake.

Answer 7

That's an easy one, uninstall the existing fixture, after that you will be able to see the wiring in the ceiling. Then just read your directions on installing ceiling fan, attach old with new wires, they will be color coded, wrap wires with electrical tape, flush mount your fan to ceiling, and your done.

Answer 8

well it depends! If the fixture is secured on 2 sides to the jstuds then you can follow the instructions to hook it up....wires and mounting brackets...If the light fixture isn't attached on 2 sides then you need to go to your local hardware store and get a retro fit fixture and procede from there

Answer 9

Just pull the light out and shove it in! Then switch it on. That's what I'd do.