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What do i do with the 4th wire?
installing a new bathroom fan....old one had a light in it (all on same switch)....so theres two neutrals, 1 ground, 1 hot. what do i do with the 2nd neutral....lick it ??? ?
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I being a painter participate in the painting section, but have no clue about electrical stuff.
i totally did just can't find on where the old fan had a light and the new one did.....
look at sir telling junior to use google!
Do you mean the new one doesn't have a light? Are you using a 3-way switch? Assuming they ARE both neutrals then they can both be connected together, however if you are not clear on that get an electrician... Your life may depend on it..
Ditto on using Google, all the young folk do...
ya man can't believe i didn't specify....well i can believe.....anyways new one doesn't have a light so i think i could put both the wire to the corresponding wire on the fan...which i think is what you meant....
damn 3 way switch....
logic time....ill find out.....
electrician....meh....meh meybe
anyways i won't touch it till its clear...my buddy does elec distribution so he know ever part exactly....which wires etc...
ok ok, i get it, thx i prob will start using that.....
and i wasn't being snooty actually think its peculiar getting answers from ....damn...how to put it.....was probably thought to never even embrace a computer....?
qft.
Live wires? Why only an idiot would . . . ???
without first . . . :-\
never mind. :-X
they are not live .....where the 'rolls eyes' icon....
its just hooking up a fan....i figured all of you would have done this sometimes
in the past......
If it's in the fan tie them together with the line neutral. If it's in the line feeding the fan, then it may be a bit trickier.
ugh.....lol....i gotta get to that site bill said...but i think you can help hobbes.....
theres 4 wires coming from the house to the old fan/light.......but the new fan is not a fan/light....its just a fan....3 wires only in the instructions......
i fyp not to be smart but to make sure we are on the same page.....
there are four wires
white
white
black
ground....
OK, that's what I meant.
Does one of the white wires have a black line (or some other marking on it?
Does the power go to the switchbox 1st?
-> if yes, does the feed to the switch only have the black/white/ground?
I'm getting a bit confused myself. Thought I had figured it out, but I don't think so.
Darb, go buy a fan with a light in it. Would be much easier and prob safer. Failing that hire an electrician.
4 wires only need three....thought was simple...however....
is it possible the 2nd neutral comes from the other switch that controls the main bathroom light....so you can turn the fan on but have both lights off......
Hire a blammed electrician man. Nobody on here wants to see you posting something about smoke pouring out of your bathroom ceiling because we'll all think we know what it's about (huh, anyone smell skunk?) and it'll actually be your improperly installed fan.
It only hurts for a couple of seconds Darb and since we now have circuit breakers the chance of assuming room temperature is by getting zapped in this situation slim. Breakers are designed to pop before enough current passes through you to do you in. Get an electrician since it is in the BATHROOM .
Nope. GFCI breakers do that. Ordinary breakers are crap for that. Why do you think people get electrocuted in their homes.
because their forum friends won't tell them where the wire goes.....:(
did mention im an 'underground miner'!!!
New Fan is wired for 3 way or
The old fan was on a 3way? 2 switches turn it on/off.
Strange for the Crapper to have 2 switches unless it's bigger than most houses. lol
Wire should come into the GFI Plug. Then go to switches for lights and fan.
Bathrooms are at the end of a circuit. Usually unless Mickey Mouse did the wiring. Not sure about BC's building code but should be close to Ontarios.
advisable to do it anyways, but don't assume.
new fan doesn't have a light! can't be 3 way....3 way what?.....
one switch for fan one for light...bathroom has 2 switches....seems standard...
code will be close but its old wiring ...not mickey mouse though, its an apt building....
Ok, that was one of the funnier things I've seen today. Nicely done Darb.
Actually Hobbes . Any outlet in a damp confined area such as the bathroom have to run through the GFI.
The fan in our place runs on a 3 way Red line runs from switch to fan to switch from main bath to ensuite. 1 switch
I have always run these this way when doing a reno.