Exhaust Fan And Light Switch Wiring

Wiring a fan and light to a single switch in this wiring the source is at the switch and 3 wire cable runs from there to the fan and light.

Exhaust fan and light switch wiring.

There is a black wire red one white one and the ground that is in the box. Locate the switch cable which must be glued through the top or side of the box that serves the fan or the light. Wiring an exhaust fan with a light fixture using a combo switch as long as the bathroom exhaust fan and light have separate wire leads or connections in the exhaust fan junction box. If the fan has a pair of black wires and a pair of white ones you can wire the light separately from the fan.

The fan switch has the ground wire the red one and the white one hook to it. Mount the fan and light and move to the switch box. The wires are in the same box. Pull electrical cable between the fan light and the switch.

The light switch has a black wire hooked to it and the black wire that goes to the fan and the light. Inside the box you ll need to separate the wires to see which feed the fan and which feed the light. Https youtu be iqq3pyqllqq check more videos about switches. Once your fan is free position it so that you can easily access the connection box.

This video with new full edited instruction for those who asked. Using wire strippers peel an inch of insulation from the end of the black and white wires. How to wire 3 switch in 3 gan. Splice the white wires together and cap them.

How to wire a bath exhaust fan and light removing existing wiring i removed the 2 wire with ground from the switch to fixture and replaced it with a 3 wire with. The source hot wire is spliced to the black fan wire to hardwire it directly to the circuit and to a pigtail connecting the switch. If you choose to do this. When the power source is present at the wall switch box the a 3 wire cable would be installed from.

Connect the black fan cable together with the black light wire and the black switch wire and cover them. Connect the white wires the ground wires the black wires and the red wires together. The source neutral and ground are spliced through to the fan location. Connect the black wire from the fan to the bottom terminal of the switch and the live circuit wire to the top terminal.