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    Jan 19, 2012, 09:21 PM
    How to hang a ceiling fan with no junction box in the ceiling?
    Is there any way to put up a ceiling fan with light kit if there is not an already existing light in the ceiling of the room?
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    Jan 20, 2012, 09:37 AM
    The simplest way is to mount a fan rated box to a building structural member and then run a surface feeder from an outlet box. However, looks a bit tacky but if looks are not important it's easy. Must be a box RATED for a fan,not just a ceiling box.
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