2 • installing the ceiling plate – Hunter 28688 44 Stratford Five Minute Fan User Manual
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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 .
For Angled Ceilings: Be sure to orient the ceiling plate so that the
two tabs are pointing toward the ceiling peak .
2-2 . Your fan comes with four preinstalled noise isolators . Check to
make sure all four isolators are in place and were not removed
during shipment .
2-3 . Place a flat washer on each of the two 3” wood screws .
2-4 . Thread the supply wires from the outlet box in the ceiling through
the hole in the center of the ceiling plate .
2-5 . 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 .
Note: The isolators should be flush against the ceiling .
2-6 . Pass the screws through the slotted holes in the ceiling plate into
the pilot holes you drilled .
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 2-3 – 2-6
Ceiling
Plate
For Angled Ceilings: Be sure to orient
the ceiling plate so that the two tabs
are pointing toward the ceiling peak .
Toward
Ceiling Peak
2 • Installing the Ceiling Plate