How To Replace Ceiling Fan Light Kit

Turn off the power to the fixture at the breaker box then pry up the little metal tab at the base of the socket using a small screwdriver.

How to replace ceiling fan light kit. Find the wires connecting the light kit to the fan snap your picture then unwire the kit. Remove the globe and light bulbs from the existing light kit. Loosen the light kit s mounting screws and lower the light kit away from the ceiling fan motor.

It s light kit simply plugs into the fan but don t be scared if you have a hardwired configuration. In this video i remove and old ceiling fan and replace it with a new ha. Light sockets on ceiling fans are pretty much the same as those on standard lighting fixtures and many are replaceable.

Feed the light kit wires from the light kit through the hole in the cover plate and screw the plate tightly to the light kit to prevent it from vibrating loose. This part will be attached by three or more screws remove it to access. After 30 minutes of teetering on a high ceiling to add a light kit that would not light i pulled the fan s ceiling cap and found that the idiots who installed the fan didn t take the extra what three seconds to connect the blue light s hot wire to the black incoming line.

Use a circuit tester to verify that the power is off. With the darn light kit down you can replace the pull chain. Remove the switch housing cover plate from the fan and remove the plug from the center of the plate.

Remove the light kit housing from the bottom of the ceiling fan. How to remove a light kit from a ceiling fan. Step by step instructions for assembling and installing a ceiling fan with light kit.

But before you disassemble the light try this quick fix. People like that give good installers a bad name. The hunter fan i m working on is from 2010.