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Occasionally, a homeowner who has a ceiling fan will call and want to add a light fixture to it. Most of time a homeowner will buy a light kit at the time they purchase the ceiling fan, but not always. One of the challenges to waiting, is finding a good match between the ceiling fan and the light kit. Some light kits have a wiring harness that mates with the ceiling fan harness, and some light kits have regular wires that you can secure with wire nuts.
If you are adding a lighting kit to your fan, there should be a small cover on the bottom of the fan, where the light kit will mount (assuming the ceiling fan can accomodate a light kit). Remove this cover and pull out the wires (make sure the power to the fan and light kit is off). Again, you will see a plastic wiring harness (a clip that wires run into with mating holes for the light kit harness), or loose wires that you will have to strip.
If you have a wiring harness, you can just plug the mating pieces together. They will snap and lock together. If you have wires, strip 3/8" inch of the insulation off of the end of the wires and wire nut them together, matching the colors.
After the wires are connected, screw the light fixture to the ceiling fan. Then you can install the bulbs and test it. Here are instructions on how to install a ceiling fan.
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