Installing the Ceiling Plate | Hunter Fan 42786-01 manual

2 • Installing the Ceiling Plate

CAUTION: To avoid possible electrical shock, before installing your fan, disconnect the power by turning off the circuit breakers to the outlet box and associated wall switch location. If you cannot lock the circuit breakers in the off position, securely fasten a prominent warning device, such as a tag, to the service panel.

2-1. Drill two pilot holes into the wood support structure through the outermost holes in the outlet box. The pilot holes should be 9/64” in diameter.

2-2. Align the slotted holes in the ceiling plate with the pilot holes you drilled in the wood support structure. For proper alignment use slotted holes directly across from each other.

2-3. Place the ceiling gasket over the ceiling plate so that the slots and the raised surfaces on the ceiling gasket align with the slots and holes on the ceiling plate.

2-4. Use a 3” wood screw to pierce two holes in the ceiling gasket that match the pilot holes you drilled in step 2-1.

2-5. hread the lead wires from the outlet box down through the hole in the middle of the ceiling gasket and ceiling plate.

Note: he ceiling gasket should be flush against the ceiling.

Tighten the screws into the 9/64” pilot holes; do not use lubricants on the screws. Do not over tighten.

Flat Washer

3” Wood Screw

Steps 2-2

Steps 2-3 – 2-5

For Angled Ceilings: Be sure to orient the ceiling plate so that the arrows printed on the ceiling plate are pointing toward the ceiling peak.

42786-01 • 08/14/09 • Hunter Fan Company

42786-01 specifications

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