Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - ceiling fan/ light kit
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gogo
03-26-07, 11:55 PM
I have a single pole switch that turns off and on a ceiling fan w/ light kit and the ceiling fan itself has 2 pull cords, 1 for the fan(3 speeds) and 1 for the light. I want to be able to turn the light on without having to turn the fan on and vice versa. What I want to know is (besides purchasing a all in 1 fan/dimmer switch, because they are ugly) can I make it a 2 ganged box and use 2 seperate switches, 1 being an on/off dimmer switch and the other just a regular on/off single pole switch? If so how would I connect them? Now, the way they are connected is: there are 3 cables entering 1 3wire and 2 2wire, I'll call the 2wires #'s 1&3, the 3wire is #2, the black wires from 2&3 are nutted together and connected to the switch. The red wire of #2 is nutted to the black wire of #1 and its connected to the switch.
Thanks in advance.....
Thanks in advance.....
racraft
03-27-07, 05:41 AM
Tell us ALL of the wires at the switch and at the fan/light. Tell us what cables exist, what wires are in this cables, and how those wires are connected. That means connected to anything, another wire, the switch, the fan or light, etc.
joed
03-27-07, 07:27 AM
Sounds like this might be possible. You need to tell us the wires at the fan/light.
chandler
03-27-07, 08:42 PM
Or you could get a canopy mounted remote control, leave your switch as is, so you can turn it on and off to the last remembered setup. I just did 3 on a remodel, and the customer liked it.
jethro99
03-27-07, 10:13 PM
I did this a few years back for our ceiling fans. A bit of a job, but I definitely like having separate switches.
The ceiling fan typically has 2 black wires (1 for light and 1 for fan control - might be a red and a black instead of 2 black wires) + a white wire and a green wire. This is what you see in your fan.
When 1 switch controls both fan and light, the hot wire connects to both the black wires. White then goes to white, and green is grounded to electrical box.
You need to put in additional single pole switch and run an additional hot wire from the new wall switch out to the box by the fan. Then you hook up switch 1 to Black1, Switch 2 to black2, white to white, and green is grounded to electrical box.
I used this to method to have the first switch turn on the light and the 2nd switch turn on the fan. Still need to control fan speed from the pullchains.
The ceiling fan typically has 2 black wires (1 for light and 1 for fan control - might be a red and a black instead of 2 black wires) + a white wire and a green wire. This is what you see in your fan.
When 1 switch controls both fan and light, the hot wire connects to both the black wires. White then goes to white, and green is grounded to electrical box.
You need to put in additional single pole switch and run an additional hot wire from the new wall switch out to the box by the fan. Then you hook up switch 1 to Black1, Switch 2 to black2, white to white, and green is grounded to electrical box.
I used this to method to have the first switch turn on the light and the 2nd switch turn on the fan. Still need to control fan speed from the pullchains.