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Old 05-20-2022, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael G. View Post
A word of caution when installing those ceiling fans, the electrical box.
Electrical boxes need to be reinforced to support the weight of the ceiling fans.

Some real horror story's out there on ceiling fans dropping from the ceiling from poor support.
If the ORIGINAL box was for a ceiling fan you should have no problem replacing the fan, however, if you are replacing a ceiling LIGHT with a fan, then I agree with above, these boxes and the supports are NOT designed for the weight of a fan. Lowe's sell an OLD WORK fan bracket kit that supports 75 pounds as OLD work and 150 pounds when installed as NEW work. I have used these twice and they work very well IF you have access to a roof joist.
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