Install New Ceiling Fan Box

Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup.

Install new ceiling fan box.

Install brace image zoom to install a braced box slip the brace through the hole. Remove the old electrical box from the ceiling. I cover how to install a ceiling fan into a room with no existing light or fixture. Always be sure to follow the manufacturer s instructions.

Remove the existing light fixture. Make sure the ball is positioned properly and the tab on the mounting bracket ceiling plate aligns with the slot on the ball. Guide the outlet box through the opening in the ceiling and align the box with the u bolt brace. Assemble and secure fan controller and trim plates.

Next secure the mounting bracket to the box. Thread the main wires through the center of the mounting bracket. Tighten brace and bolt. If the mounting bracket ceiling plate has a hook to support the fan for wiring hang the fan on the hook.

Remove box and cut new hole. Rotate the shaft of the brace. Install new outlet box remove a knockout on the outlet box and attach a cable clamp. 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.

I cover some pointers on where to get the power from the type of 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. Attach new electrical box. Branch power from existing circuit.

Basic labor to install ceiling fan with favorable site conditions. If it s nailed to a joist pry it free. With some downrod fans place the hanger ball into the mounting bracket ceiling plate. Make sure electricity to circuit is turned off and carefully remove the glass.

Feed the supply line through the clamp so the line extends 6 inches from the box. Crimp a loop of grounding wire three quarters around the grounding screw and tighten the screw. Installing your ceiling fan electrical box the process of installing a ceiling fan box involves pushing the bracing and box through the hole you ve made in the ceiling and attaching them to the ceiling joists as per the manufacturer s instructions although very similar not all ceiling boxes are exactly the same. Installing a new box step 1.