On Aug 18, 12:09*am, "ROANIN" wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 17, 11:38 pm, "ROANIN" wrote:
Ceiling Fan has one neutral ( white wire) for both fan and light.
Light has blue wire.
Fan motor has black wire.
Box where fan is being hooked up has lighting circuit for light
switch on one circuit from main circuit breaker panel and fan motor
feed coming from sub panel on another circuit.
Which neutral should be hooked up to fan's white wire?
Thanks
R
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Do both the feed for the fan motor and the feed for the light that is
on a seperate panel come into the same box that is going to be the
single control box for the fan and the light? *A box that has switches
for the fan and the light? * If so, why the need for seperate
circuits? * Just feed the fan and the light off one branch circuit and
don't use the other circuit.
If the fan control and the light control are in seperate boxes that
are physically seperate, then I don't know what you do with the fact
that you have two seperate neutrals coming to the fan from two
separate branch circuits and only one neutral connection at the fan.
Another option is to wire the fan/light using a remote control, which
can also be left in a wall holster. *In that case you;d also use only
one branch circuit and wire it so the circuit to the fan/remote module
is always live.
The light is connected to three switches that control it and two other
lights in the room. One 3-way switch is in the house, one 4-way by the back
door and one 3-way in the garage. *Previous HO pulled another circuit from
the subpanel in the attached garage to the box so that the fan could be
operated independantly of the lights. When I took the fan down to replace
it, I discovered this.
R
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You really do need to have both loads on the same circuit. Let me
suggest that you figure out which box is easier to get the power from
and pull a two wire cable from that box to the fan support box. That
cable will supply the power for both fan and light. You then rewire
the existing switching circuits to make use of the new power source
location. If it turns out to be easier you could replace the cable
from the fan control point with a three wire cable so that it will
bring both switched and constant power to the fan support box. You
then wire the three and four way switching circuit to take advantage
of the power supply from that new cable. If any of that is unclear
then just ask questions. No one was born knowing this stuff and we
all had to start someplace.
--
Tom Horne