6/24/2023 0 Comments 1 switch splice 2 light fixtures![]() It's easiest if some feeds from the fan, and you pull from the switch. Use the old wire to pull the new into place. Once you've got the wire loose, attach the new wire to it with lots of electrical tape, making the transition as smooth as possible. Hopefully, the existing wire is only stapled near the switch and the fan, and you can get a screwdriver in to pull the staple. Ideally, you should pull a 14/3 to the ceiling fan. I find trying to preserve existing drywall to be not worth the effort.įor full fan/fanlight control from the wall, you're going to need to pull more wire. ![]() ![]() Cut the drywall, screw the box directly to the stud and patch the drywall later. However, If you have room, you might as well put in the 3 gang box, and three single switches. You could put the fan and fan light on the dual, and the external light on the single. Option B will work if you have limited space between the door frame and the next stud as you only need a 2-gang box. Triple rockers can be annoying to use, as it's hard to hit the right switch in the dark. You might be lucky, and have enough space for all the wiring in the existing box. The advantage of the triple rocker is that you don't have to replace the box. Of primary concern is that there is a neutral in the box. Hopefully, your wiring is something like this, but much neater: But you can still have an on-off for the fan. Unfortunately, you're going to need to adjust speed with the pull chain or remote. 1 for the existing outside light, one for the fan-light, and one for the fan power. Generally, you're going to want three switches in there. Use a non-contact voltage test to make sure nothing you touch is live, and if you're uncertain, get a friend with more experience or hire an electrician to check your work. This choice is mainly one of doing whatever is practical given your construction options and materials on hand either is OK. The typical ways to do this would be either replace the existing run of 14/2 cable with 14/3, or add a new length of 14/2 dedicated to the fan and keep the existing for light only. In your existing situation, you'd need to add a wire to supply the fan separately from the the light. On the fan/light fixture end, you'd wire black to supply the light and red to supply the fan. Then you'd wire black to the light switch and red to the fan switch. In the switch box, you'd run the supply black wire to a switch (for the light) and to your fan dimmer (for the fan). If this were new wiring, you'd run a 14/3 with ground cable, which will have a white, black, and a red wire (and bare ground wire). For this you will need: a fan control dimmer, a 3-gang box, and a second hot conductor out to your fan/light fixture. You also mentioned wanting to add a fan control. Connect the light/fan hot wire to one switch and the exterior light to the other.Run your supply hot wire to both switches.Remove your existing box and install the 2-gang box in its place.Get a 2-gang box to replace your existing 1-gang box.If that's right, you'll want to do the following: That's the most likely configuration, but you should shut off power and check out the wiring situation before you do anything else. In your switch box there are 3 grounds (bare wire, all connected, and also connected to the switch and to the box if the box is metal), 3 neutrals (white, all connected) and 3 hots (black supply is on one end of the switch, light/fan and exterior light blacks are on the other end). Wires leading to both your fan/light and your exterior light also run to this switch box. You will have to take a look at the existing wiring, get the appropriate new parts, and replace the existing box and switches.įirst, I'll assume that your current configuration is as such: supply power comes into your switch box. This is a reasonable project if you have some experience with electrical wiring.
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