Timeline for Can I split an exhaust fan and a light that are on a three way switch?
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| Dec 30, 2023 at 19:04 | comment | added | Robert Chapin | @JimStewart This scenario with 3-way switches and a fan and lights, it's not as simple as looking at wires. Even with photos I doubt we would have an answer to that. | |
| Dec 30, 2023 at 19:00 | vote | accept | evan | ||
| Dec 30, 2023 at 18:59 | comment | added | evan | Thanks; it seems like the answer is “call an electrician”. I don’t want to damage anything and even if whoever installed it went out of their way to add cables to allow separate switching (and dimming, in the case of the lights), they didn’t make it obvious. | |
| Dec 29, 2023 at 18:17 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | What would be the simplest way for the OP to determine if his wiring would allow the light and fan to be operated independently? Would it be to look in the switch boxes or would it be to look at the connection block of the light/fan? Presumably the latter would allow him to easily be working with the switched hot(s) off at the switches. In my house the connection blocks are accessible from the living space. He should take a good picture of the connection block if he does this. | |
| Dec 29, 2023 at 13:46 | history | answered | Robert Chapin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |