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Fixture Support Systems created the only supports to add to your existing ceiling box, for ceiling fans and heavy light fixtures.
If your existing ceiling box situation is:
After removing your ceiling light fixture, check to see where the ceiling joist are (you can check with a stud finder or with a thin screwdriver on each side of your ceiling box to locate the ceiling joist. Be sure to use a thin screwdriver so the holes can be easily filled.) Your ceiling box may be hung between 2 ceiling joist by a hanger bar. After locating the first ceiling joist, check the spacing at 16" on center or 24" on center, to find the joist that is supporting the other side of the hanger bar.
The EZ-Brace supports are for the DIY or professional electricians.
EZ-Brace fixture supports are used to support blade fans and heavy light fixtures. The EZ-Brace 101 is used when an existing plastic box is mounted on the side of a ceiling joist.
The EZ-Brace 200 is used when the existing ceiling box is hung between the ceiling joist up to 24” on center with access above the box. Also used to support old flat ceiling boxes at knob and tube wiring.
The EZ-Brace 216 and 224 are used when the existing ceiling box is hung between 2 ceiling joists up to 24” on center.
EZ-Spacers are used to level the new fixture brackets to the finished ceiling.
The FSS-94A and the FSS-94B A grounding bus bar for the communication companies (cable, phone) to ground their cable system to, according to the national electric code, article 250.94 (a) or (b).
The Intersystem Bonding Terminations devices (IBT - FSS-94A or FSS-94B) are for professional electricians. The IBT is used with an electric meter change. DIY don't (or shouldn't) do electric meter changes.