"John Grabowski" wrote in message .net...
How did the fan operate before? Did it come on with one of the lights or
was it operated by one switch and the other switch operated both lights?
When you mention "Dual Switch" are you referring to a combination device
with two single pole switches?

From your description of the wires in each box it sounds as though there is
another junction box somewhere in the circuit unless you didn't look close
enough to see ALL of the wires in each box. I am going to take a GUESS and
say that the white wire in the switch box is your hot. The red is your
switch leg to each light and the black is the switch leg to the fan.

The combination device normally has a common feed on one side which is where
your hot wire should go. If you look closely at the device you will see
that one side is connected together. On the other side of the device are
two separate terminals where your light and fan should be connected so that
they can be controlled independently.

Let us know how you make out.



John,

Previously the fan operated on one switch, both lights on the other.
I erred in my earlier description of the switch box: there are TWO
black wires, a red wire and NO white wires.

I determined the red was the hot and wired that to the common feed.
The other two blacks are wired to the separate terminals. Now the the
fan finally works and so did both lights, on independent switches. If
I leave the bottom fan switch in the "on" position, the top light
switch will turn the fan off and on as well when it is flipped.

Now if I can figure out where I disconnected the GFCI, order will be
restored. When I rewired everything last night, I wired all whites in
light #2 together (there was an "extra" white and "extra" black in
this socket) and capped the black. I think maybe the black is for GFCI
and it should be wired to the hot (red). Seems like in a prior wiring
arrangement the black wired to the red allowed GFCI to function
normally.

I appreciate all the help here. It's saving me a lot of time and
probably money too.