Thank you !! It worked great...now I have another problem. In the 3 gang box by the front door I have the switch for the porch lite, 2 horizontal switches ( the top controls the top row of plugs and the bottom is supposed to control the fan) and then of course the 3-way which works ..everything works like it should but when I try to connect the fan (2-wire) the breaker blows. Here's the existing wiring ..the switch to the porch top screw-black going to porch light--bottom screw -black going to top screw of horizontal switch. The white of the porch light is capped with the white of the hot pair and the white of the 3-wire going to the plugs. The black of the hot pair is capped with the black of the 3-wire and a pigtail to the bottom screw of the horizontal switch. Oh and the red wire from the 3-wire is on the upper left screw of the horizontal switches. Oh boy!! so how do I fit in the fan 2-wire down there?

hkstroud

What do you mean black screw? How many screws does that switch have?

What does that mean? You said you had power coming to the fan/light box.

I gave you the wiring to take power to the 3-way switches and back for the light, and to take power to the fan switch and back and to the switch for the porch light and then to the porch light itself. I don't know what red wire you are talking about unless its the red between switches. That wire only takes power from one switch to the other.

Put it back and leave it alone.

You seem to want to add the wiring for the outlets. Take it out and leave it alone for now. It's a separate thing. It's even on a different circuit. We will add it later. Do the wiring as previously directed.

ddhiggi

Sorry about the black thing..I meant black wire not screw. That was on the single switch for the porch light, I wired as instructed and it works fine. I took a piece of 3-wire to come from the fan box in the attic to go over to my junction box just because it had the black, blue, and white to connect to. I connected the blue coming up from the fan with the red in the 3-wire just because it was the only one left..the black went to black and the white to white..thats in the fan ceiling box. The junction box is only a few feet away where all these wires converge...the power feed, the 2 3-wires for the 2 3-ways, the porch light 2-wire, and the fan 2-wire and then the 3 wire going over to the fan box. Sorry its so confusing. I'm not too good about explaining ... so in all I have 2 metal boxes one for the fan and one where all these wires come together. I took the bottom part of the fan/light off to see if it was even possible to separate the light and fan function. I put it back and I'll leave it alone. but I still have the bottom of the horizontal switch / right bottom scew black wire and left bottom screw white wire/ with the 2-wire fan coming from the attic that won't turn on the fan or off for that matter. The fan comes on with the 2 3 ways though..

hkstroud

Back to the fan/light.

Connect the blue of the fan/light (that should be the light wire) to the black coming back from one of the 2-way switches. The blue in the fan box will be red in the junction box. Connect the black of the fan/light (that should be the fan wire) to the black of the cable going to the fan switch. The black in the fan box will be black in the junction box. Sounds like you connected both the blue and the black of the fan /light to the black coming back from the 3-way switch.

ddhiggi

Thanks I'll try that,,, your a genius for understanding what I write!!

hkstroud

Where are you? Are you working yet?