Can You Add a Downrod to Any Ceiling Fan

	Tin can I use an existing downrod with new fan -different brand Howdy! We currently accept a two story family room with a Casa Blanca fan nosotros had installed professionally ---Stealth? Fan is perchance ten years old (?) but put in our NEW house near 5 years ago. The downward rod is maybe 10-12 anxiety? Not sure...but long since the room is two stories. We flirt with the idea of getting a new fan. The Stealth is a nice fan but non the coolest looking. I was wondering if we get a new fan (ANY brand)--could we use the existing mounting (downwardly rod and wiring upwardly the downwards rod into the ceiling) on the new fan? That would save a lot of work. Nosotros exercise not own a ladder that would reach to the ceiling to alter out the mount/rod/etc. ??? Thank you!!

Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL	Warzau Premium Member 2009-February-15 2:56 pm If the down rod is the same size, and color I come across no reason why. But the wiring is just going to get routed through and then but utilise the new fan'due south wiring. Y'all want to make certain the previous installation was done correctly.

	to lgneub If it'due south annihilation similar the fan I just put in, the motor assembly was hard wired, and those wires ran upwards the downrod to connections near the ceiling. There was a plug for the calorie-free kit, but the motor didn't have that. With a 10-12 foot downrod though (exercise they make those) you probably have a set of connections down near the motor and another set up nigh the ceiling. I'm not sure if that's even legal, merely that's not the question. My electric current connection to the downrod was a sheer pin along with a couple of fix screws, earlier you lot get also far, make sure the connection at the base matches the new connection.

	lgneub to lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-15 7:30 pm to lgneub Thanks for SUCH fast replies!! I will have my hubbie read your replies since they were a bit catchy for me (I am not "handy"--he is!). My hubbie as well said he thinks the pole is more than like eight-10 anxiety. Blackness downward rod--matches most everything. I gauge I would prefer oil rubbed but....for saving the headache of needing a huge ladder to accomplish the ceiling where the rod attaches...... I was thinking the new fan would not have a long enough wire to get routed up? Once again-I am not handy so maybe they do come with longer wires. My husband has in stalled three fans in the house (pre-existing plate/wire). He his handy merely when he wanted to build some scaffolding to climb to reach the ceiling in the family room (2 story)--I drew the line and said Rent SOMEONE (electrician I think)!!!! Which we did....maybe $200??? Don't recollect. It was worth paying vs. me being scared about my hubby being 25 some feet upwardly in the air on home fabricated scaffolding. Information technology took a lot of twisting of his arm!! LOL!! From what I think the other 3 fans my hubbie installed had VERY short down rods and merely needed a "pin" as the pp described. Cheers for some input. We have a ladder that volition reach the fan torso--then peradventure I will purchase a fan and see if we can only "switch it out"..... Thank you!!!

whizkid3 MVM join:2002-02-21 Queens, NY	With a downwards-rod of that length, there will be split splices at the lower end of the downward-rod. Down-rod diameter and threads lucifer, so y'all will be able to use any fan that allows downward-rod connections and has room for the splices. Don't forget to notation the color of the wiring connections before you pull the old fan off. If you lot don't have a ladder / scaffolding and want to alter out the down-rod, then information technology would be worth it to hire an electrician.

	lgneu Anon 2009-Feb-sixteen 2:12 pm Hello! (Go along in mind I am a daughter consulting with my hubbie)--we got the fan--it seems like the wiring would work but the existing Casa Blanca down rod does NOT have a "thread"!!! But the hole and pin!! UGG! The new fan needs to screw on to the extention poll so nosotros need thrads! May be no way around buying a new extension pole with threading it!! FIGURES! we are tring to figure something out since we have a iii inch down rod from the commencement (verbal) fan we purchased for the basement (that was affluent mounted). The 3 inch rod has threads on one end and the "pin holes" on the other but is the aforementioned iii/4 inch bore and then I cant slide it into the existing pole (Casa Blanca) to attach. Any suggestions? We may attempt to crimp the 3" to get it to slide inside the Casa BLanca (then pin it)and screw information technology in the fan.... We practise take another down rod (72") that we can utilise but again, requires a SUPER alpine ladder or the electricion. THat may be the mode nosotros need to go! (the current downward rod is 92 inches).... OH well..thank you. Either nosotros will effigy out a mode to attach the fan since the current down rod does not accept thread marks on the end (just pin holes)--OR we will switch out the down rod which is exactly what I didnt want to practice....win some--lose some. Figures Casa Blanca has some wacky down rod...

	lgneub to lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-16 2:28 pm to lgneub TRYING TO Clarify: I am attaching a photo of a normal down rod. The Casa Blanca (1 we take currently hanging and wired)--looks the same MINUS the thread marks! Pinmarks holes....no threading! UGG! The fan needs the threading on the rod. That is how it attaches. We do have a three" section (extension peice) that has screw marks on ane side and the pin pigsty on the other. Would work because 1 end could screw in the fan while the other end is pined to the existing down rod but they are the same size pole! SUGGESTIONS? It is ok to say simply switch out the down rod. Just bummer is Hunter does NOT carry a 92 inch down rod--72 is max (for 15 foot tall ceiling). Our ceiling is much taller (2 story). The Casa Blanca is perfect (92 inch) if we could get it to work some how..... I am trying to exist clear..lamentable if I am confusing...

robbin Mod bring together:2000-09-21 Leander, TX	robbin Mod 2009-February-16 2:37 pm The easiest thing to do would exist to get a different ceiling fan. The type of downward rod you have is pretty standard. Hunter and perhaps a few others have threaded ones, but many fans I accept installed take the blazon with the hole instead.

Spensergig Past my Prime MVM join:2000-03-26 Bradenton, FL	to lgneub Option 1) Have downwards the existing rod, take information technology to a plumber or electrician, and have it threaded. Option 2) Expect upward what a pipage nipple is. While that isn't exactly what you want, you should be able to discover a curt pipe that volition slip into (or around, if needed) both the downward rod and the threaded short rod y'all accept. Have an appropriate hole diameter into each end, and utilise two cotter pins to attach the new rod to the existing rod. Pick 3) Render the new fan, and check at the store. Nigh fans I have seen are designed to attach with a pin. A threaded zipper is unusual, in my experience. The 2nd approach will minimize your time on the ladder, but the new fan will hang a bit lower. Personally, I would go with the tertiary selection.

	lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-xvi two:48 pm Thanks!!! Very good info and glad to hear that threaded poles may be more than "rare" than standard. Nosotros love the fan and so not sure what we will do. I do prefer the 92 inch vs. 72 inch drop for the pole so I am not thrilled with getting a new down rod since Hunter (and a few other brands I looked up) max size is 72". Bully idea to thread the existing pole...but....this may start to be too much piece of work! LOL!.... I am having my hubby await into the "pipe nipple"...sounds similar what we are trying to effigy out..like a piece of pipe that is slightly larger --nosotros tin diameter holes in information technology and attach equally you lot said. My hubbie is SUPER handy--so should be able to figure this out. Nosotros accept not done annihilation like this before and it has thrown u.s.a. off. I call back #2 is the way for us to go for now.... Thanks for the Awesome IDEAS!! Such a mess...a unproblematic thing. UGG! What are the chances that the existing pole has no thread marks! THANKS FOR THE FAST REPLIES! My DH is actually at the hardware shop as nosotros speak! I am going to GOOGLE "nipple sleeve".... THANKS!!

lgneub	lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-sixteen ii:49 pm sad--piping nipple...

lgneub	lgneub Anon 2009-February-16 5:38 pm Thanks! I sympathize. Found the "downwards rod coupler" (photo attached) on the net as the PP was describing and likewise looked upward Pipe Nipple which was helpful (Aforementioned basic idea). I get the thought. Nosotros (he) should be able to figure this out. Too bad I am so fastened to the longer down rod (and likewise bad the ceiling is so darn loftier)...... You all were VERY helpful! Cheers!!!

lgneub	lgneub to lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-16 seven:28 pm to lgneub I got the idea...seems simple enough..."down rod coupler"....Thank you! I think we can figure this out! THANKS A TON!!! Bang-up IDEAS!!!!

whizkid3 MVM join:2002-02-21 Queens, NY	FYI - a 'nipple' would be the incorrect role. A nipple is a curt piece of pipe with threading on both ends (or the entire length). A coupler (as you have plant out) is what is needed for connecting two lengths of pipe together. If you lot don't become what you need on-line, you should be able to buy a coupler to connect two lengths of threaded downwards rods in whatsoever electrical supply house, HD & Lowes. (Bank check the fan section get-go, but you lot probable won't find it there. You will find them in the electrical supply - conduit section.) Unfortunately, it won't be nicely finished in the colour of your choice, simply rather volition be galvanized steel. You lot tin can finish it to match. Use white vinegar to ready the galvanized blanket for painting.


	lgneub Anon 2009-Feb-eighteen iv:06 pm Thanks Whiz!! Funny catastrophe? My hub had to climb upwards anyway to switch out the "plastic ball" role that attaches to the end of the rod that goes in the ceiling part--gear up for this? The people who installed our fan put the long rod UPSIDE DOWN. After he slid off that plastic part that sides over the rod (the new fan required a "triangle" shape vs. round to fit in the celling zipper)...we found out the TOP part of the rod had thread marks. UGG!! So--all that for nix. AFTER we spray painted the coupler! LOL!..Not a large deal. Worked out. Nosotros were able to apply the linger rod so ...information technology was fine! LOL!! Only funny. One cease of the rod has only "pin holes"--other end has both thread and pivot holes (that was the part that was up at the ceiling). I guess because the fan they hung (stealth -casa blanca) did not require the threading it didn't affair which terminate was upward or downwardly. Only wow--did it crusade a headache for us!! LOL!. Worked out in the terminate! THANKS!! LOOKS GREAT!!