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42683-01  •  09/11/09  •  Hunter Fan Company
 
CAUTION: To avoid possible electrical shock, before installing your fan, 
disconnect the power by turning o the circuit breakers to the outlet box 
and associated wall switch location. If you cannot lock the circuit breakers 
in the o 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. e pilot holes should be 9/64” 
in diameter.
2-2.  Your fan comes with three neoprene noise isolators. Position the 
isolators between the ceiling plate and ceiling by inserting the 
raised areas on each isolator into the holes in the ceiling plate.
2-3.  read the lead wires from the outlet box down through the hole 
in the middle of the ceiling plate.
2-4.  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: e isolators should be ush against the ceiling.
2-5.  Place a at washer on each of the two 3” wood screws and 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.
Step 2-2
Flat Washer
3” Wood Screw
Steps 2-3 – 2-5
For Angled Ceilings: Be sure to orient 
the ceiling plate so that the hook and 
one of the threaded screw holes in the 
ceiling plate are on the lower side. 
Ceiling
 Plate
Isolator
2 • Installing the Ceiling Plate