The Easy Way to Put Light and Fan on Separate Switches (With Some Luck)

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @MrTooTechnical
    @MrTooTechnical 3 года назад +3

    Great vid. Always remember to recommend to install as big of an electrical box as possible to allow wires to breath. As in, if it is decided to install a timer, or home automation switch, the box may end being too small to accommodate this future expansion.

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад

      Thanks Dave! Yes, a bigger box is a great idea!

  • @clavelarmandojesus4048
    @clavelarmandojesus4048 3 года назад +2

    Learning residential electrical installation. This help me a lot . Thanks

  • @anthonyelectric6045
    @anthonyelectric6045 3 года назад +9

    Boy the extra wire usually isn’t available. That would be a big score and a big breath of relief 👍

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад +1

      A little optimism is sometimes paid off with this scenario. Especially when then fan and light are in different locations there is often times enough wires in the switch box to wire a double switch.

  • @stephonfisher9758
    @stephonfisher9758 3 года назад

    I plan on upgrading my grandmothers home and I want to start with electrical before cosmetics and I am glad I found this page thank you.

  • @天野晶
    @天野晶 Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing the video! Finally I was able to change the light and fan switches separately.

  • @wim0104
    @wim0104 3 года назад +8

    There should be building code about running a 12/3 to every ceiling!

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад +2

      I agree. It's so useful!

    • @Nickvec
      @Nickvec 3 года назад +5

      I hate that bathrooms with a window are not required to have a fan. Who's going to open the window during the winter to let the humidity out!!!

    • @Nickvec
      @Nickvec 3 года назад

      Maxwell R. Good to hear that. Hopefully, the rest of the country will change the building code!

  • @ccadama
    @ccadama 3 года назад

    @Sparky Channel. Thanks Bill for making this educational video. Yes, we would be very lucky if the electrician who wired a single fixture bathroom light with fan with 12/3. In my house, the lights are above the vanity and fan is in the ceiling. So I'm guessing each fixture is wired using 12/2 with ground.
    Hope you and your family stay safe and well.
    Merry Christmas.

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад

      You could most likely put your fan and light on separate switches with no new cables if you haven't already. Check out my video: Separate Switches for Bath Fan and Light from Single Switch in a 1960's House: ruclips.net/video/-KM9crpIU8Q/видео.html
      You guys stay safe as well!

  • @TheSpatulaCity
    @TheSpatulaCity 3 года назад +6

    I'm never this lucky to have a 12/3 already installed when I need it.

  • @craigstrbo
    @craigstrbo 8 месяцев назад

    Great video. Better explained than any other i've seen on youtube. Great job!!
    I have a question for you.
    I have a bedroom ceiling fan that uses the same double switch set up in one box as you used in your video. It also has a remote which was installed when the fan was installed, and it works perfectly.
    Now, the problem I am having is I tried to install some smart switches, and the light would turn on normally right away but then after a few days, the light would wait at least 30 seconds and many times more before coming on. So then I tried a different smart switch, same thing. Then I tried a different brand smart switch, same thing. Then I tried the old switch back in and same thing. Then I tried a NEW double switch, same thing. Very frustrating.
    I'm pretty sure the wiring is correct. I had a ground, white and black coming from the home panel. Have a black and red going to fan/light. I connected the hot from panel to black screw on right top side of switch, then connected red and black on left brass closer together screws on left separately. Connected ground wire to green screw. The white wired were all capped, didn't need them.
    Any idea what the heck is going on? Could it simply be the remote unit up in the fan is faulty? Never did anything to the fan at all, was working on switch in wall all this time.
    Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time................... Craig

  • @SparkyChannel
    @SparkyChannel  5 месяцев назад +1

    How to Put Bath Fan and Light on Separate Switches Instead of on One Switch: ruclips.net/video/3F7OvytMmho/видео.html
    Separate Switches for Bath Fan and Light from Single Switch in a 1960's House: ruclips.net/video/-KM9crpIU8Q/видео.html
    Fluke -A1-II Volt-Alert AC Non-Contact Voltage Tester: Amazon.com: amzn.to/13Tw7CY

  • @McRose4
    @McRose4 Год назад +1

    You’re a great teacher! Thanks for this!!

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks 3 года назад +1

    Most people would open up a box expecting 12 -2 and finding 12 - 3 finding spaghetti and running away. I know i have at times, but no more after watching your great videos i stay and fight.

  • @robertgaines-tulsa
    @robertgaines-tulsa 3 года назад

    Pretty much, your other video with the 12/3 w/ground already existing. The only other way I can think of that you could do with 12/2 w/ground that would be allowable in code would be to use something like a wireless ceiling fan controller. It would have to be just straight on and off for both the fan and the light. China has some interesting wireless modules you can get. I stalled a wireless module for the light kit of my brother's ceiling fan when he came down with cancer. Unfortunately, he died like a week later...

  • @masterphotog4131
    @masterphotog4131 3 года назад +1

    As always, great video! Keep up the good work.

  • @HoosierRallyMaster
    @HoosierRallyMaster 3 года назад +1

    If I ever open an old box and find Wagos I am going to look all over the room for a Sparky Channel Hidden Camera :)

  • @jeaninamolina6515
    @jeaninamolina6515 3 года назад

    Always best electric ⚡️ channel !!!

  • @jamesmacdonnell4085
    @jamesmacdonnell4085 3 года назад +1

    Hi Bill, all these videos you do are awesome, thank you. Does the leviton switches you like to use come with a lighted 3 way, and lighted single pole option? The lighted switches are nice in the overnight dark situations, helps you see them in the dark. Thanks again Bill.

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад

      Yes and yes. Leviton Heavy-Duty 15 amps Toggle Switch White 1 pk: Amazon: amzn.to/2Mlvlz6

  • @bahumatneo
    @bahumatneo 2 года назад +1

    This helped but I did laugh when you were using the voltage detector while the light was on.

  • @jobertpage-et1349
    @jobertpage-et1349 3 года назад +1

    Tnx for sharing sir...

  • @Yahs-our-All
    @Yahs-our-All 3 года назад +1

    👍

  • @Bennovember1
    @Bennovember1 3 года назад

    The absolutely best description video ever!!!

  • @perezr1241
    @perezr1241 3 года назад +2

    How can I connect my fan and light if I only have black and white on the box. Thank you

  • @samabdelhadi3037
    @samabdelhadi3037 Год назад

    Hey, sparky could you do a wiring videos on door Bells and fire detectors wiring.

  • @RehabLife
    @RehabLife 3 года назад

    I just found your channel. I really like your tips on the 2020 NEC changes.
    A side note though, how big is that box in your example? Shouldn’t it be at least 21ci?

  • @lizm4328
    @lizm4328 2 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @ChadRex1
    @ChadRex1 2 года назад +1

    Would this be the same way to wire a ceiling fan with light on separate switches?

  • @rltft
    @rltft 3 года назад

    Does this work for a DC electric fan and a separate light (vs. a combination bathroom light/fan)?

  • @keyslake
    @keyslake 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing! I've installed ceiling light/fan a few times using 14-3 romex, but for some reason I'm having trouble with it now. When I turn on one switch (either light or fan), it controls the other switch as well. Any ideas?

    • @joeythefoxxo
      @joeythefoxxo Год назад

      You’re probably accidentally switching the hot and neutral around. Anyways that’s an old comment so I hope you figured out what was wrong.

  • @mauroaparicio1855
    @mauroaparicio1855 2 года назад

    exelent video thank you

  • @oshtoolman
    @oshtoolman 3 года назад +1

    My wife would go one step further. Label each switch L and F.!!!!!!

  • @pepsifan8504
    @pepsifan8504 3 года назад

    please reupload the video "how to fix a GFCI outlet that trips frequently" see if you have a save of that video and if you find it upload it here and if you can't find that video make a new one and upload it

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  3 года назад +2

      I just did a search for it on my hard drive and can't find it. Sorry.

  • @ron-uc9mf
    @ron-uc9mf Год назад

    the 3 wire share the neutral?

  • @jamesnguyen1101
    @jamesnguyen1101 Год назад

    It's hard find a 20 amp double switch can I use a 15 combo switch instead?

  • @MattyDemello
    @MattyDemello 3 года назад

    The problem I'm having is my fan is working but the light isn't. I'll have to check it out

  • @k00lboricua
    @k00lboricua Год назад

    I came across your page. Hoping to get a solution to my bedroom ceiling fan and light. Wanting to separate the two. But once I opened the switch, I only observed one black in and one black out. Two white connected together and the single ground. So this solution won't work. Any other though?

    • @wilcoxtactical3716
      @wilcoxtactical3716 Год назад +2

      No. Unless you can fish a new wire to the fan and switch it won't work. You need one more line to make it work.

  • @sladeoriginal
    @sladeoriginal 2 года назад

    now wait, the air goes out the roof or the light goes out the roof?

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  5 месяцев назад

      The air goes out through the roof.

  • @konamanstudio2447
    @konamanstudio2447 3 года назад

    🎄☃️🍻🍺☃️🎄

  • @jeremycastleberry
    @jeremycastleberry Год назад

    lol so yeah.. if they happened to have pulled with 3 way wire... most wont be.

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  5 месяцев назад

      True, but always look first. You'll be pleasantly surprised sometimes.

  • @tjwoolsey478
    @tjwoolsey478 8 месяцев назад

    Practice speaking more concisely

    • @SparkyChannel
      @SparkyChannel  8 месяцев назад +2

      OK, thanks!

    • @beardrn
      @beardrn 6 месяцев назад +4

      @tjwoolsey478
      Refrain from trolling.

    • @rasgum7
      @rasgum7 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@SparkyChannel I undertood you just fine.