Ceiling fan with mounting plate

A ceiling fan assembly comprising:

• a motor having a rotor and a stator;
• at least one blade operably coupled to the stator;
• a motor shaft extending from the stator and having an internal wire passage and a wire opening in a side of the motor shaft, with the wire opening providing access to the internal wire passage;
• a control mounting plate having a motor shaft opening through which the motor shaft extends, with the motor shaft opening being sized to define gap between motor shaft and the control mounting plate, and the control mounting plate is located, relative to the motor shaft, between the wire opening and the rotor and stator, the control mounting plate having opposing first and second sides, with the first side oriented toward the wire opening and the second side oriented toward the rotor and stator;
• an electronic control unit carried by a first side of the control mount and electrically connected to the motor by wires passing through the wire opening and wire passage;
• and
• a multiple segment plug occluding the gap.