change old light for new ceiling fan ? please help

[Philious]

Hi
I want to change the old ceiling light and replace with a nice cool ceiling fan with light.
here is the oringinal fitting with cables

and this is the terminal on the ceiling fan

which cable goes where?
any advice would be grateful
could it be as simple as all red to red and black to black and earth to earth???

 

[comms]

On the old ceiling rose take the black conductor thats with the blue wire & put into terminal marked N
Take the black conductor that is connected to the brown wire (in the loop terminals) & put into the terminal marked L & sleeve the black cable with some brown sleeving.
The bare earth conductors (cpc) need sleeving green/yellow and putting into the last terminal of the new fitting.
The reds need putting together in a bit of chock block & taping up.

Dont forget the testing & minor works cert

 

[Spark123]

and put the other two reds in their own piece of terminal block (not supplied ) with nothing else

You beat me with your edit comms!!

 

[comms]

and put the other two reds in their own piece of terminal block (not supplied ) with nothing else

You beat me with your edit comms!!

Dam you were quick off the mark there spark123, I was side tracked watching the tv.

 

[Philious]

thanks fellas you've saved me alot of ear ache from er that must be obeyed
I'll do it over the next few days
thanks

 

[jj4091]

From a safety point of view, what type of room & how high the ceilings are should be considered, personally I would never instal one in anything other than a living room (although I am not sure if there are any builing regs or B.S's that cover their instalation).

 

[Cremeegg]

Dont forget the extra weight of the fan - some can be very heavy and may need an extra board between joists up in teh roof space to help take the weight.

 

[Steve]

From a safety point of view, what type of room & how high the ceilings are should be considered, personally I would never instal one in anything other than a living room (although I am not sure if there are any builing regs or B.S's that cover their instalation).

Behave - mythbusters proved that domestic ceiling fans cannot seriously injure people. The blades simply stop spinning on any obstruction - the motor has very little torque.

And those with metal blades flex before any injury is caused, and are normally mounted too high to reach. The only "fan" that damaged the model head and neck was the one they made from a few bits of rigid metal and a lawnmower engine!

Why wouldn't you install one in a bedroom? Dont you have sleepless hot clammy nights in summer?

 

[Philious]

Just thought I'd show my progression with this Fan business

and up it goes, these fan are not heavy but very effective in the hot summer nights

Thank you all very much for your input and advice I am very grateful and er who must be obeyed is happy which is the main thing, going to crack open a beer ... cheers