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Old 09-11-2016, 09:42 AM
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I bought kits at Lowes (these are universal), and installed my own on 3 or 4 fans. Some words of caution, read the lamp kit box very carefully, one of the ones we bought uses a G22 (or something like that) lamp, which is a PIN based lamp, NOT the normal screw in base. We had to return it so that in the future we could easily get replacement bulbs, or LED bulbs. The second thing is that, as I recall the Kichler fans have the typical connector to PLUG in the light kit. If you can make sure the kit you buy has the mating connector, this makes the job much easier, otherwise you need to cutoff the connector and splice the wires. If you are not comfortable doing this, get a licensed electrician.

Finally, if you want the light and the fan switched separately, you will need to use the RED wire in the ceiling connection, and change out the single switch on the wall to a duplex switch and connect the RED wire. If you are not comfortable doing this wiring, hire a licensed electrician.

There was previous thread on this conversion with lots of information, you should be able to search for it.
Hope this helps.
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