Hampton Bay AC 542

[snowyegret]

Attachment DeletedHello all,

Ive bought a house with four Hampton Bay AC 542 ceiling fans and want to install light kits on them. The problem is I can’t find anything about this model on the internet.  Does anyone have this fan or know anything at all about it? Thanks so much
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[Parkman]

Apr 10, 2022 9:28:30 GMT -5 snowyegret said:

Hello all,

Ive bought a house with four Hampton Bay AC 542 ceiling fans and want to install light kits on them. The problem is I can’t find anything about this model on the internet.  Does anyone have this fan or know anything at all about it? Thanks so much
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Most likely it’s a Landmark variant can you take a picture of the bottom.

[snowyegret]

I can’t figure out how to attach the pic to a reply. There’s no link to attach

[snowyegret]

I edited the original post to include the other picture. Thanks for any advice you have.

[snowyegret]

I am also getting hints that this may be a Hampton Bay Southwind version. The Landmarks all seem to be 5 blades but this is 4

[snowyegret]

youtu.be/4api1mYCjdo
Link to YouTube video
He says Landmark too but in the comments someone says Southwind

[snowyegret]

I found this picture on t(Internet and it’s basically the same as what I have only it’s white instead of brass like mine.

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[Parkman]

Apr 10, 2022 12:16:46 GMT -5 snowyegret said:

I found this picture on t(Internet and it’s basically the same as what I have only it’s white instead of brass like mine.

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#1 I love that fan. It appears to be a Landmark variant to me the Southwinds had smaller vents. I did not know they made the brass versions as a four blade but they did a ton of stuff under the landmark name. They now have a version called seasons through HD supply that are air cool made

[Cole D]

For the light kits someone hopefully will correct me if wrong, but I think most any Hampton Bay or any brand "universal" light kit in general from Lowes or Home Depot, etc should fit. You can get the kinds with 3 or four shades or the single schoolhouse globe type, or kind really should fit these I believe. Again someone can chime in with more info hopefully.

[fancollector12]

Your fans are indeed 42" Hampton Bay Landmarks from the late 1990s. The model number should be AC-442 due to them having 4 blades, but for some reason, they sold them as AC-542s. These fans will accept any universal light kit. You just remove the switch cap (end cap) from the bottom of the fan (it's held on with three Philips-head screws from the side), and then remove the plastic pin from the bottom of the cap. You'll then screw the switch cap onto the light kit, and secure it with the hex nut included with the light kit. Newer light kits usually have white connector plugs on the wires, so for older fans like yours, you'll need to cut off the plugs, and strip the insulation off of the wires so that they can be connected to the wires in the switch housing. You'll find that there are two wires in the switch housing that have plastic wire nuts over them, but aren't connected to anything. The white (neutral) wires go together, and then the black (hot) wire goes to blue (hot) wire. You'll use the wire nuts that you removed from the fan wires to secure each pair of wires together, and then reinstall the switch cap onto the switch housing with the three Phillips-head screws you removed earlier. Since the fan wasn't originally wired at the ceiling for the light kit, you'll likely need to connect the blue wire (hot wire for the light kit) to the black (hot) wires from the fan and ceiling in order to give it power. You can also connect the blue (hot light kit) wire to a second hot wire from the ceiling, if you have two wall switches to control the fan and light separately. Otherwise, you'll use the pull chains to control the fan and light separately. Hope this helps.

-Vince

[Jonathan A.]

When in doubt, Air Cool. And yes it's a Hampton Bay Landmark.

[benbes]

Hampton Bay ceiling fans