Install A Ceiling Fan Electrical Box

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Install a ceiling fan electrical box.

Attach new electrical box. Pry the tab and pull the cable out. Cut along the line with a drywall saw. Hold a 1 2 inch thick pancake box against the ceiling centered on a joist and trace around it with a pencil.

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. 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. Install a new ceiling fan mounting box. Disconnect the cable from the box.

Pry out the box s mounting nails and pull the box down from the ceiling. In most cases an electrician installs a rough in electrical box before hanging any type of ceiling fixture. The box shown has a slot that the cable slides through. Do not rely on a wall switch to protect you from electrical shock.

It can be made of metal or plastic it s usually round and it attaches to a ceiling. Feed the electrical cable coming from the ceiling through the knockout hole in the pancake box.