How to wire double light switch
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randy427
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Wiring a switch to lights, Electrical Wiring 101
Comments (1)Your message is very confusing. I think you want to know if you can use some junction boxes in the basement ceiling as a source of power for either some lights or some receptacles. You say there are conduits running from these boxes. If that is the case you might be in a region that requires everything to be in conduit. If that is the case then you can't use NM-B cables. Chicago is one of those areas. Depending on what those circuits supply you could pull power from one of the boxes. You can't pull power if those circuits supply a bathroom, or the kitchen or dining area receptacles. Also depending on what else is on the ciruit. You don't want to overload the circuit with your new load....See MoreChanging single light switch to double
Comments (8)If the power is at the fan/light connect the white on the power cable to the white of the fan/light. connect the black of the power cable to the white of the 14/3 and remark it black. At the switches remark the white of the 14/3 to black and connect to both switches. Connect the black to one switch and the red to the other. At the fan/light connect black from 14/3 to black and red to blue. Don't forget to connect all grounds....See Morewiring ceiling fan w/light to 2 light switches using two 2 cond. wires
Comments (2)I'm assuming both switches are on the same circuit and in the same box? Then at the ceiling box, combine the 2 white wires together with the white from the ceiling fan/light and connect one black to the fan and one black to the light. Connect all ground wires....See MoreNeed help fixing light switch wiring across two rooms.
Comments (9)Well, he double tapped one of the switches, so the other switch depends on that. Need to unhook them and find which black is the live hot. Then wirenut two spare wires to the source and take those to each switch separately to provide constant power to each switch. I suggest cutting power to the circuit, unhooking the blacks and have them not touching anything or each other and turn on power again and testing with a klein voltage tester to find the hot. This is normally how I do it. Just ensure no one else is going to be in the area or able to touch the wires while you are diagnosing. Cant use a cheap tester, they go bad and give false positives and are also too sensitive to differentiate which wire is hot when they work as intended (they start beeping just getting near the box)....See Morerandy427
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