On Apr 2, 5:15 pm, "John Grabowski" wrote:
"Terry" wrote in message

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I just put a ceiling fan in my sister's house in her son's bedroom.

If I had it to do over again I would put both the fan and the light on
the switch.

There are not too many times in a bedroom that you need a fan and not
the light.

Considering how it is the same amount of work to run a three wire as a two
wire I don't understand why more people don't do it. I noticed some
electricians don't run a three wire either as the norm. I always run a
three wire whether the customer plans to install a light with the fan or
not. I've noticed that my customers like having two switches and one can be
a dimmer for the light. It also saves wear and tear on the pull chain
switches which seem to fail after a few years.


If you're going to do that, I hope you're installing fan rated boxes
as well. You just KNOW that someone's going to see that three wire
cable and just get 'er done without thinking about it.

This is one situation however where "switch legs" are a real job
saver. If the light is wired with a switch leg you can mount a fan
without running a three wire cable if you don't mind using the pull
chain for the fan. Not so easy if it is wired with the power running
to the switch box - you HAVE to run a three wire cable, period,
otherwise it works all funky and ****es people off.

nate