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ATTN: electrical wizards, ceiling fan and 3 ways...... Steve Barker 11-12-2007
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Posted by Steve Barker on November 12, 2007, 11:36 pm
I'm wiring a new room and want to 3 way the ceiling fan light, but not the
fan itself. Here's the text i've typed up for myself to keep things
straight. Is this acceptable practice to have 2 potential hots in a cable
and no common? (cable#2 in the text). What would be perfect is a 12/4, but
this is probably only about 15 feet long, and i'm not even sure there is a
12/4. I've seen 12/2/2 but i believe that contains two commons. Here's the
copied and pasted text...........

Ceiling fan - Existing feed switched near the kitchen door:





From Kitchen Door switches for ceiling fan:



Cable#1 White is common

Black is switched SPST for the fan

Cable#2 White is traveler marked Blue, passes through ceiling fan
box to white marked blue from back door cable

Black is traveler, passes through ceiling fan box to
the black wire from the back door cable.



From Back door 3 way for ceiling fan light:



White is a traveler marked Blue, passing through the
ceiling fan box

Black is a traveler passing through the ceiling fan
box

Red is switched load to ceiling fan light

Thanks for the input, and if you can tell me how to delete these damn double
lines in word, that'd be great also. <G>


steve barker



Posted by Steve Barker on November 12, 2007, 11:38 pm
sorry about the crappy formatting. and forget the question about the double
lines. they didn't post here in the NG.

s

> I'm wiring a new room and want to 3 way the ceiling fan light, but not the
> fan itself. Here's the text i've typed up for myself to keep things
> straight. Is this acceptable practice to have 2 potential hots in a
> cable and no common? (cable#2 in the text). What would be perfect is a
> 12/4, but this is probably only about 15 feet long, and i'm not even sure
> there is a 12/4. I've seen 12/2/2 but i believe that contains two
> commons. Here's the copied and pasted text...........
>
> Ceiling fan - Existing feed switched near the kitchen door:
>
>
>
>
>
> From Kitchen Door switches for ceiling fan:
>
>
>
> Cable#1 White is common
>
> Black is switched SPST for the fan
>
> Cable#2 White is traveler marked Blue, passes through ceiling
> fan box to white marked blue from back door cable
>
> Black is traveler, passes through ceiling fan box
> to the black wire from the back door cable.
>
>
>
> From Back door 3 way for ceiling fan light:
>
>
>
> White is a traveler marked Blue, passing through
> the ceiling fan box
>
> Black is a traveler passing through the ceiling fan
> box
>
> Red is switched load to ceiling fan light
>
> Thanks for the input, and if you can tell me how to delete these damn
> double lines in word, that'd be great also. <G>
>
>
> steve barker
>



Posted by Toller on November 13, 2007, 12:23 am

> I'm wiring a new room and want to 3 way the ceiling fan light, but not the
> fan itself. Here's the text i've typed up for myself to keep things
> straight. Is this acceptable practice to have 2 potential hots in a
> cable and no common? (cable#2 in the text). What would be perfect is a
> 12/4, but this is probably only about 15 feet long, and i'm not even sure
> there is a 12/4. I've seen 12/2/2 but i believe that contains two
> commons. Here's the copied and pasted text...........
>
Run 12/2 to the two switches; the 2way for the fan and the first 3way for
the light.
Run 12/3 from the first 3way to the second 3way. (commons and hot)
Run 12/3 to the fan/light. (2 hots and neutral)

Unless I am missing something, it is pretty straightforward.



Posted by RBM on November 13, 2007, 6:49 am
just to clarify, run the three wire cable to the ceiling box from the two
gang box, and with all those wires use the biggest deepest box you can get



>
>> I'm wiring a new room and want to 3 way the ceiling fan light, but not
>> the fan itself. Here's the text i've typed up for myself to keep things
>> straight. Is this acceptable practice to have 2 potential hots in a
>> cable and no common? (cable#2 in the text). What would be perfect is a
>> 12/4, but this is probably only about 15 feet long, and i'm not even sure
>> there is a 12/4. I've seen 12/2/2 but i believe that contains two
>> commons. Here's the copied and pasted text...........
>>
> Run 12/2 to the two switches; the 2way for the fan and the first 3way for
> the light.
> Run 12/3 from the first 3way to the second 3way. (commons and hot)
> Run 12/3 to the fan/light. (2 hots and neutral)
>
> Unless I am missing something, it is pretty straightforward.
>



Posted by Steve Barker on November 13, 2007, 8:31 am
I read that, and drew it again. I still too dense to understand it i guess.
I didn't end up with a switched wire for the fan from the first box.

s

??

Thanks guys.


> just to clarify, run the three wire cable to the ceiling box from the two
> gang box, and with all those wires use the biggest deepest box you can get
>
>
>
>>
>>> I'm wiring a new room and want to 3 way the ceiling fan light, but not
>>> the fan itself. Here's the text i've typed up for myself to keep things
>>> straight. Is this acceptable practice to have 2 potential hots in a
>>> cable and no common? (cable#2 in the text). What would be perfect is a
>>> 12/4, but this is probably only about 15 feet long, and i'm not even
>>> sure there is a 12/4. I've seen 12/2/2 but i believe that contains two
>>> commons. Here's the copied and pasted text...........
>>>
>> Run 12/2 to the two switches; the 2way for the fan and the first 3way for
>> the light.
>> Run 12/3 from the first 3way to the second 3way. (commons and hot)
>> Run 12/3 to the fan/light. (2 hots and neutral)
>>
>> Unless I am missing something, it is pretty straightforward.
>>
>
>



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