Ceiling fans go under any type of ceiling, even the unfinished ones. You can install a ceiling fan to a wooden beam on an unfinished ceiling, for example, in a basement. Hardware store or home and garden supply shops have ceiling fans and you will use tools that most households already have on hand, but which the hardware store has if needed. You will need supplies from the hardware store as well.
Instructions
1. Trip the circuit breaker that supplies electricity to the area where the ceiling fan is going. Place a ladder beneath the wooden beam. Measure across from the wooden beam to the nearest box mounted on the ceiling and record the measurement.
2. Place the ceiling fan's motor housing face down on a table. Strip a 1/2 inch of insulation off the ends of the wires attached to the bottom of the fan using wire strippers. Dispose of the cut insulation in the trash.
3. Turn the housing face up on the table. Place the flat end of each of the fan blades against the clamps on the housing. Screw metal screws through the holes already in the fan blades and into the clamps using an electric screwdriver.
4. Cut three lengths of electric wire from the electric wire spool, each to the same measurement as you recorded, using a wire cutters or scissors. Strip a 1/2 inch of insulation from both ends of all of the wires. Dispose of the cut insulation in the trash.
5. Wrap an end of each of the wires around the ends of the wires attached to the ceiling fan. Twist a screw-tab connector over each pair of twisted wires. Affix a paper sticker to the free ends of each wire. Write the color of the wire from the ceiling fan that is attached to each of the wires; the colors will be black, white and copper.
6. Run the ends of the wires that have the paper stickers on them through the hole in the center of the ceiling mount plate. Place the ceiling fan on the top rung of the ladder.
7. Place the ceiling mount plate against the bottom of the wooden beam. Screw wood screws through the pre-cut holes in the plate and into the beam using the electric screwdriver. Place the ceiling fan against the ceiling mount plate. Screw metal screws through the pre-cut holes in the fab and into the plate using an electric screwdriver.
8. Run the wires across the top of the wooden beam until you come to the electrical junction box. Staple the wires to the beam with U-clamp staples using a staple gun.
9. Loosen the screws on the electrical junction box with the electric screwdriver. Remove the "black" labeled sticker from the end of the wire. Wind the end of the wire around the screw on the electrical junction box that already has a black wire wrapped around it. Repeat this procedure with the other wires that have "white" and "copper" labeled stickers on their ends. Tighten the screws.
10. Dispose of the stickers in the trash. Place the ladder away. Restore the electric power.
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