How to Replace a Light with a Ceiling Fan (Install a Ceiling Fan) - Step by Step

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It's not too difficult to install a ceiling fan. This video will demonstrate the ENTIRE process I used to install a fan, step by step. A few basic tools and a bit of time is all that it took.
This fan has a remote control, which can be a handy and convenient feature. It also includes a light, multiple fan speeds, the ability to reverse the fan direction, and it looks great.
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@TomahawkDIY 4 года назад

See how the junction box is retrofit with this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e8_0HqZA30c.html

@GavinVox68 2 года назад

You forgot to point the stud finder at yourself and say "Hey. I'm a stud!". That's required whenever you use a stud finder.

@devins1195 Год назад

I knew you would be here.

@Zazubahellsdemon Год назад

Its why the stud finder didn't work. He skipped an important step.

@temujinkhan6326 Год назад

if you have to remind yourself that you're a stud then it's likely you are not a stud

@millions2nette Год назад

@ 4:55 you mention having to replace the junction box, because when you install the bracket, it has to be on a stud. The existing junction box, was not positioned correctly for this new bracket, BUT, then at 8:12, you're screwing mounting bracket into junction box. What happened to the INSTALLATION OF THE NEW JUNCTION BOX?

@marlearenee9801 Год назад

Yea bc I need to see that

@slee2586 Год назад

Yes, he just skipped the hardest part

@browasthere Год назад

Thank you, I thought I was losing my mind.

@yo_papa_peach 10 месяцев назад

This ⬆️

@rrife12 10 месяцев назад

I know, what a jackass. This is literally the most important part and he just skips over it like it was no big deal

@CuriousKenyan893 Год назад

Way easier than I expected! Thank you The new ceiling fan is working, electric bill is down, and no one got electrocuted 👏🏼

@TomahawkDIY Год назад

Great job!

@hildapatinople6282 4 года назад

I am watching your video to learn how to install a ceiling fan on my patio. This is the fist time I am going to do this. I asked a handy man if I could have a ceiling fan on my patio and he made it sound really complicated. Thank you

@wolverine82nd 3 года назад

I am a retired General contractor and Electrical contractor of 40 years great instructional video. Good emphasis on safety procedures.

@chrisc7452 3 года назад

Thank you for the instructions! Ive been waiting to put up our ceiling fan with light fixture.

@Sjolly37 3 года назад

I’ve been anxious about doing this for months thank you for the step by step!!!!!

@mrdug123456 3 года назад

You skip the most important part switching the support box to hold the fan that's what I needed to find out

@alexcooper7376 2 года назад

Right lol wtf. The rest of it is easy

@DougVandegrift 2 года назад

This guy totally failed!! I’m in the same boat

@ivanbustamante6011 2 года назад

Right they always miss the most important thing you are looking for

@tiffanycyr6684 2 года назад

He made a separate video showing how he did that

@MmmmmmmmTaters 2 года назад

I was just about to say he skipped the biggest part

@flyingkangaroos1439 4 года назад

First video I found that went into detail on how to connect wires. Thanks.

@TeamRanvirArjun 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing the video. What was the ceiling height in the room you installed the fan? Is it fine to install the ceiling fan where ceiling height is 8ft?

@alcoury332 3 года назад

Showing how you actually installed the junction box would have been very helpful

@fatherfletch 3 года назад

He links to a separate video he did showing just that process

@felixandrescastillo 3 года назад

That's what you get for free

@josephcline3652 3 года назад

Literally says that he has a video on how to do that too. Maybe pay attention.

@alcoury332 3 года назад

Maybe you don't understand what I'm saying

@alcoury7547 2 года назад

@@josephcline3652 Maybe your a

@matthewalsup9940 Год назад

Just the video I was looking for. Confirmed what I was thinking with the blue and black wires. I also only have one switch. Didn't want to burn up wires. Thanks.

@ThreeDaisy 6 лет назад

Thanks so much. These were perfect instructions to help me replace the light fixture with a ceiling fan for my husband for Fathers Day.

@russg9787 3 года назад

Dang! You didn't get him the fan for Father's Day and have him install it for you? Pretty generous wife!

@itsyaboi9958 2 года назад

W wife!

@CeilingFanVideosOnYT 3 года назад

I want to mention that if the existing light fixture is on a dimmer, and there is no separate hot wire, the dimmer must be removed. If there is a separate hot wire, motor must be either wired to hot wire that isn't on a dimmer, or the dimmer must be removed. Fan motor should not be on dimmers, but fan lights can be on a dimmer as long as the dimmer only controls lights and the motor is 100% independent from it. Just a common mistake people including some electrician make when replacing a light fixture with a ceiling fan.

@angelbenitez364 Год назад

Thank you for this video you save me a lot of money I was looking for a person who do the work but no one wants to do anything thank you again

@TomahawkDIY Год назад

Glad I could help

@Remops 2 года назад

Dude, come on, the junction box replacement was the only reason anyone clicked on this video

@TomahawkDIY 2 года назад

Here's that video. Two part series. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e8_0HqZA30c.html

@TameTheGame 2 года назад

Not true, Ron- you're not speaking for everyone. I came to learn how to install a ceiling fan and that's exactly what I wanted to learn. Try searching better next time.

@ryanthepianoman27 2 года назад

I clicked this video to watch a ceiling fan get but up so your wrong as usual.

@MissAngela007 Год назад

Ron is wrong again 😆

@notveryobviousguy4373 10 месяцев назад

Bunch of sheep here, originality is so hard to come by nowadays. Too easy to gang up on the odd opinion bahahahaha world is so soft

@antoniofantroy1519 2 года назад

I Noticed that as well. Tomahawk you didn't vlog the support beam part. That is the reason I looked up installing a ceiling fan. Thank you for the cool video. Good thing using the fluke tool.

@generalrepair8731 3 года назад

Excellent job and step by step details. Thank you 😊

@sprill8876 Год назад

Great video. You mention in one of your comments that the original ceiling light was on a dimmer. What did you do with the dimmer? Replace it with a switch? If so, what does the switch control? Do you just leave it on all the time so the remote controls everything? Thanks

@noeramirez6710 3 года назад

Thank you for the video!! It helped to get the job done

@efraintolentino3949 3 года назад

Good job 👍 thanks for sharing your videos God bless you

@chrissartain4430 2 года назад

Great Teaching Skills! I just finished my celling Fan! Thank you!!

@joshuarozario5654 2 года назад

Thanks for great video! You mentioned that one needs to use the right length of the screws for the ceiling bracket. Does the right length of screws come with the bracket itself?

@TomahawkDIY 2 года назад

Yes, it should

@markabrian1925 Год назад

I realized my true step 1 was to get a tall enough ladder.

@haizathaneefa7803 8 месяцев назад

this guy is a legend

@toonse3683 4 года назад

I was trying to change my ceiling fan on and u instructions are very helpful since my fan is bigger then the old one and wouldn't fit on the box I have to replace the dam box now thank you for u vid

@tabithabowers3483 3 года назад

What if I only have 2 wires in the ceiling? I have an old house. I replace my 2 kitchen fixtures with updated flush mounts. The boxes only 2 wires in them so the ground wires on the fixtures were secured to the metal plate that came with them. I want a ceiling fan in my living room but I’m sure the wiring is the same as in the kitchen. Am I just not able to install a fan? I’m not smart at this kind of stuff so not sure if this will work for me.

@1theyoungfolk 3 года назад

Hello! I am trying to install a ceiling fan but my problem is there only seems to be a ground wire coming from the mounting piece and none from the actual lamp, only the blue (light) and the black and white. Is it possible it is a defect and the lamp is missing it, or is that something normal? I tried connecting it regardless and the lamp works when I use the pulleys but if I use the wall switch the breaker flips. If you have any tips it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you 😊

@crazymazyxoxo 3 года назад

Éxcellent video great visuals and tutorial iwas able to see what was being done as it was being done *****

@ez8308 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Looks a lot easier than I thought. Time to do some fan work!

@truth2u394 2 года назад

"Stop the guitar! Stop the guitar!" The UNNECESSARY music hurts my brain.

@cosmicthanos4977 3 года назад

Wow SUPER BIG HELP on the step by step. I goning to do this when the wife isnt there to surprise her also she would be nervous if i do it. I had no idea about the reverse. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@SuperJones155 3 года назад

Thank you for this video

@alexavalos76 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the tutorial man ... But I just have a question.. Black from remote (next to neutral) connects to black hot???

@SANGHADEEP 2 года назад

Thanks for this video. 😎

@jonarmstrong4399 3 года назад

great video. my wife has been hounding me for months to do this.

@KaytieBabooah 3 года назад

So did you do it?

@carlosd1az 3 года назад

@@KaytieBabooah he didn’t 🥺

@michaelstephens360 Год назад

You know his knowledge is trustworthy when you hear little kids in the other room

@johnc1280 Год назад

Question. Hoping you’ll see this expediently. As I just bought the fan. I’m going from a ceiling fan with a light, to a ceiling fan with no light. Can I just cap the existing wire for light source with a plastic screw nut?

@robbywilcox404 2 года назад

Same ceiling finish and even light fixture as our new home. You live in FL panhandle? We may be in same neighborhood. We will install 3 fans soon. Thanks for video.

@TomahawkDIY 2 года назад

Same ceiling as in Salt Lake City!

@danielsilvas5352 Год назад

Wow you did that all by yourself in 20 minutes

@jasonervoes1326 Год назад

AWESOME JOB

@georgehower8180 3 года назад

i found this helpful despite some snarky comments below. Thank you.

@jackl6928 6 месяцев назад

thank you!!!!

@darrylnevels6141 3 года назад

Going to put up three this weekend.

@merrifieldgalos6248 2 года назад

Thanks for showing the ceiling bracket instruction easy way. Australian trade doesn't know how to explain things.

@coreycook571 2 года назад

Cardboard will help with the stud finder on textured walls.

@rexallsworld7896 2 года назад

Hi thanks for sharing your video to us

@cristianj13 3 года назад

This is a great video

@omninulla9472 4 года назад

I have that same stud finder. it's such a piece of garbage.

@AFRCSD 2 года назад

Dust: *Hippity hoppity your fan is now my property*

@eskinderasfeha3256 3 года назад

Thank you!

@jimbeauxjimenez1850 Год назад

12:26 wasn't the power already off when you turned off the breaker in the beginning of the video? That confused me. But still a wonderful and very informative video. Thank you

@Oboe5life 3 года назад

Did you end up putting g a different mount up on a stud? It looked like the same housing and just the stock mount that you said wouldn’t work. Just wanting to check

@TomahawkDIY 3 года назад

Yes - here's the video showing the junction box install. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e8_0HqZA30c.html

@rjeffries90 9 месяцев назад

This is alot more work than i thought it would be 🤦🏾

@agustinguevara8054 3 года назад

👏👏👏👏👌 A PLUS !! Great video my man !!

@thebookofrevelationreveale4722 4 года назад

Hey that’s the exact light we want to turn into a ceiling fan!!! Thanks for the help!!’

@kobeandgary 3 года назад

I have the same exact light also 😅

@superduty4556 3 года назад

@@kobeandgary me too wtf

@BrimleyAvatar 3 года назад

Are you me???

@davida6146 3 года назад

Same lol

@Katy809RD 2 года назад

Same!

@pitdawg6418 3 года назад

You totally lost me at finding the stud for that black brace to be screwed into.

@VitalPolymath 3 года назад

Right. He said one thing then did a different thing

@texasbella576 3 года назад

He added a link for those instructions.

@williamdavidcraigjr7841 Год назад

So did you already have 2 switches (1 for light and 1 for fan) or did you have to drill for one for the fan? Where is the pull down chain?

@iishyxvietxboyii1 Год назад

He has a remote ceiling fan.

@mysterasuarez 10 месяцев назад

champ! thanks!

@sirTimithiusReviewsProducts Год назад

How large was the fan you installed?

@twodogs91 4 года назад

you explained that the original electrical box was in the wrong place, and said a new box would need to be installed....but later in the vid it looks like you used the original box anyway.

@travisspoerle1557 3 года назад

Looked like the original box still to me as well. Pretty sure that it was installed to original box and was never changed.

@donttrip775 3 года назад

@@travisspoerle1557 That’s how I saw it too. He didn’t change anything out. the junction box in the ceiling didn’t get changed out and he used the bracket that came with the Fan.

@donttrip775 3 года назад

@@dillonwingo7372 no he did not

@tiffanycyr6684 2 года назад

He replaced it but made a separate video showing how

@paulelorduy1292 3 года назад

awesome video

@Sleon117 Год назад

Did I miss the step where you put the aftermarket junction box between step 7-8?

@sharkflap7092 5 лет назад

I thought due to the stud Location you couldn't install the fan directly over the old box? But then you did just that later on

@MrKenpoKarateGuy 5 лет назад

Shark Flap... the reason he could use the included fan mounting bracket, is because he changed out the light box that is mounted to the ceiling joist. There is a video for installation of that new bracket at the end of this video.

@e.l.norton 3 года назад

If you missed that detail in the video, don't try this yourself.

@lifewithbella3659 3 года назад

Thank you

@kingmiller1982 Год назад

Ok buddy we get it, the current detector works.

@thomasgiles2982 Год назад

Love the information

@TomahawkDIY Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@jackprsline6 4 года назад

can you replace a dimmable chandelier with a fan ??

@darthtater6543 Год назад

You should also use loctite on your set screw.

@luislinares8908 Год назад

Very helpful video

@TomahawkDIY Год назад

Glad to hear that 😊

@maximilianocalgua1075 3 месяца назад

What if I have an old line wire,wich is no neutral wire in there,what I should do in this case ????

@AnkitSavani 2 года назад

Which bulb type does it use? I can’t find it anywhere

@c-hd5696 Год назад

Do you need to check if your light bracket can support such a weight? Or is the side mount bracket enough?

@pullingthestrings5233 Год назад

If the fan falls when spinning you will find out 😂

@kennethclaar922 10 дней назад

We got a little problem . I did what this video told me and burnt my customers house down . Do you have a video how to rebuild a house . Patiently waiting.

@sultandamani9069 Год назад

Can this old Junction Box Hold the Heavy fan....as it was for Light

@Arun-zl5fl 3 года назад

I watched the video and decided to call the electrician to do it 😀

@brandanheltzel5788 3 года назад

How much did it cost you

@darylleifer 3 года назад

Same.

@kathycollins2836 2 года назад

@@brandanheltzel5788 Hey Brendan ok so how much did it cost to have a electrician do it ?

@elizanne6660 2 года назад

In Australia, a licensed electrician must install fans.

@RichardandEmmaWang Год назад

What speed do you like it on?

@Cosmic_Bullies 3 года назад

I’m not a fan of the hunter brand. I know people love it and stand by it but the Hampton Bay (Home Depot brand) is way easier. Now I do work there I’m a sales man in electrical but I’m being unbiased. The new easy install fans save so much time and there mostly all led now and doesn’t even require a bulb. Blades snap on and are secure. And some have the remote built in already.

@MAGAMAN Год назад

I've had a few Hampton Bay fans in the past t hat were pretty good, but some of the Hampton bay stuff I have bough more recently is cheap crap.

@Beo2wolf Год назад

Thank you so much

@TomahawkDIY Год назад

Thanks for watching

@nemrab 3 года назад

Thanks for the helpful video. The music was an annoying distraction.

@you122789 2 года назад

I did not find the music to be annoying at all I just tuned it out. I don't know if you could do the same.

@wolfdog5507 3 года назад

Good vid my sister was forcing me to add a fan to her room so I did

@theroletable6170 2 года назад

I love that

@PumkinHoneyBaby 3 года назад

Hoping you going to show how you replace conjunction box.

@TomahawkDIY 3 года назад

I think this is what you are looking for: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e8_0HqZA30c.html

@Harry_Bahlzanya Год назад

wish is low key one of the best places to get an electrical tester i got one for 50 cents or it might have been free i forget but it works just as well as the dewalt my manager uses in fact i like mine better its louder and brighter XD

@meowmix3525 5 лет назад

Just gonna skip the new junction box replacement huh

@TomahawkDIY 5 лет назад

Nope - that deserved it's own video. Check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e8_0HqZA30c.html

@onemorething100 4 года назад

@@TomahawkDIY He told you "MeowMix"

@sherryglass4214 4 года назад

Also...can't you read??? The comment below mention the same thing. You sound like you just mentioned this to appear knowledgeable on the subject. No need to be "catty." Meow Checkmate.

@Outafocus 4 года назад

Yeah ...., how did you work around the offset of the ceiling joist?

@justacrochetmum7536 3 года назад

What if the fan doesn’t have a remote and you want to wire the fan and light to seperate connections in the wall?

@CeilingFanVideosOnYT Год назад

You can buy a remote separately, or a wall remote. Or a 2-wire fan/light wall control that sends signal to a receiver.

@susansimoes796 3 года назад

Because my fan/light has a remote..electrician did not wire to the ight switch. Says is my fault cuz I didn't want hanging chains..should I just take it down and hook to the light switch?

@ahkkhans 2 месяца назад

When you are setting fan in the bracket , is there any locking machanism to hold the fan tightly in the bracket or just hang it there ? Need your comments please.

@scottluther2091 3 года назад

lol @ 0:54 - Wow, mixed light bulbs! I would have kept all three the same. Actually when I moved in to my house, I go through and change out any incandescent of CFL bulbs to LED!

@miscanime 4 года назад

Dude not only is my light very similar to yours but I'm looking to install the exact same fan lol

@bnaiyer 2 года назад

How did you know that I have exacr]tly similar light that I am planning to replace with a fan and light. Thanks for the lessons.

@TomahawkDIY 2 года назад

I've been waiting for you for years to change the light to a fan!

@SirDuke81 3 года назад

Question, why bother looking for a stud when you already have the junction box to mount to? Is the stud the sturdiest option?

@mrmic7065 2 года назад

I just used the junction box that was already there. They put it there for a reason.

@flyingkangaroos1439 4 года назад

Any idea what would cause the remote not to be able to turn the light off in order to use the fan? My fan works but the remote won’t turn the light off. I can turn it off at the wall but it’ll also turn off the fan.

@knlckerbockers 4 года назад

Maybe try to toggle the channels on the remote if it has it. Mine was in the battery box area

@MAGAMAN Год назад

Wireless fans suck. Always buy the fans with the chain if you don't want to spend half the day trying to turn it on or of. On the other hand, if the light and fan go off or on at the same time, it was probably installed incorrectly.