Flush Mount

Flush Mount

Flush Mounted Fans For The Low Ceiling

A ceiling fan is a great option to keep the air circulating in a room. Perhaps you have seen ceiling fans in your friend's homes with their vaulted ceilings and wondered, if you could add a fan to your home with flat eight-foot ceilings. The answer is yes, if you use flush mount ceiling fans.

Traditionally, a ceiling fan was supported by a down rod. The rod was a piece of conduit that allowed the fan to be mounted several inches below the ceiling. It attached the motor to the ceiling and served as an electrical conduit for the wires that supplied the fan with power.

Older readers may remember department stores having ceiling fans with extremely long down rods. These fans would often be place over eight feet form the ceiling in order to circulate the air at the levels where customers shopped. Instead of using a down rod, a flush mount ceiling fan has the motor in a housing which is mounted directly to the ceiling.

Use your ceiling fan to save energy year round. Moving air is much more comfortable that air that is stagnant.

During the summer, use the fan to push the air down. The air circulation aids in evaporation of your perspiration and keeps you feeling cool. This will allow you to set your thermostat at a higher temperature and still be comfortable.

During the winter, the fan should be reversed and left at a low speed. Heat that collects near the ceiling will be circulated throughout the room and those hot pockets of air you feel when moving from a seated to standing position are eliminated.

When spring or fall come around, the ceiling fan may provide all the cooling needed on warm days.

With very low ceilings, a light kit may not be an option. If you have the room, light kits can easily be added to the fan. Kits are available in many styles and can be found to match both your new fan and room decor.

Mounting any ceiling fan requires a special electrical box be installed that will support the weight, vibration and rotation of the fan. Do not install a ceiling fan on the existing electrical box. This could allow the fan to fall and cause injury to you or a loved one.
To correct excessive vibration, consult your owner's manual.

Choose a flush mount ceiling fan for comfort and energy efficiency.

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when installing a flush mount light i do not see a ground wire.?

the light has a hot wire (black color) and a neutral (white color). but i do not see a ground wire (bare). So how do i attach the ground wire, from the ceiling, to the light?

Too bad you couldn't have checked first, but you can ground the fixture if in fact you have a ground wire lead in the house/building wiring.

Attach the Green,,, or Gray if commercial, to the fixture itself by way of a small hole drilled and a screw,,, or where that fixtures metal substance comes in contact with the hardware it connects to. It's not the ideal way, but adequate.

Rev. Steven

Proton flush mount installation