Hey folks, I'm new here. Removed the old ceiling box because our new fixture is heavy enough to need a ceiling fan brace. All the braces I'm seeing at HD and Lowe's (Southern California area), have the mounting points for the fixture either parallel to the support brace, or maybe at a 45° angle. The direction my light fixture mounts, is perpendicular to the support brace, so I need one with a 90° mount, but I don't really see any. Can anyone point me to a solution, or maybe a place that sells such a type? HD and Lowe's don't have a great selection. Also, this is the dining room of a two story home, so I don't have access from above.

Hi -- I removed our ceiling fan/light combo which was working for some ceiling work. After rehanging the fan works but the light doesn't. I figured the fixture got knocked around and broke during the removal/storage process since it was loose. I replaced the light fixture (which was a PITA) but still no light. Using a circuit tester I can't find any hot wires leading to the lamp using a circuit tester in the fan wiring. The 2 wires from the fan housing to the light aren't hot when the switch is on an the fan is going. At this point I'm ready to bypass fan wiring and wire the fan to the house wiring directly along with the fan unless I'm not checking something in the fan wiring mess. What else should I be looking at? Thanks.