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dcomputer · May 22, 2007, 08:06 AM

I have a ceiling fan with a light and it is using a switch that has 2 buttons and I want to use one button for the lights and the second for the fan.

I want to confirm the wiring for the switch end, on the fixture end everything should be correct but on the switch side is where I may have it wrong and my breaker keeps getting hit at various times which is why I am wondering about the wiring.

Just to offer some background, there was a ceiling fan there before but what I am doing is now adding a second ceiling fan in the same room using the same power line. Both fans have a three way wire on the fixture side and they are wired, now it is making sure that my two switches with two buttons on each will work these. I think the breaker may also be amp issue since there are now 2 lights and 2 ceiling fans with lights on the same 15 amp breaker.

ceilingfanrepair · May 22, 2007, 11:43 AM

I am very confused about what you are asking.. . However two fans and two lights is not a lot for one 15 amp breaker.

I believe you want to add a second switch for the fan and light to be controlled separately? Then you will need two hot wires going from the switches to the fan.

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dcomputer · May 22, 2007, 12:51 PM

My question is if there is one 15 amp breaker and I have 2 lights and 2 ceiling fans with light (total 4) then would the breaker handle the power.

The second is if I was using two switches where one switch has two dongles and the second has two dongles then how do you wire it so that one switch controls one ceiling fan and light and the second switch controls the other fan and light.

The fans both have lights and the fan and they both have one three way wire connecting the wires in the ceiling otherwise no other wires. Now on the switch side is what I need to confirm how to wire the three way wire into the one switch and then the second three way wire into the other switch. One cable will run from switch one into switch two to give the power.

ceilingfanrepair · May 22, 2007, 01:49 PM

1. Breaker should be fine.

2. What are dongles? How many wires do the switches have? How many wires run from each fan to each switch, and what colors are they?

dcomputer · May 23, 2007, 11:52 AM

The dongles is a switch with two buttons instead of the normal one button.

There is three sets of wires on one, one wire is a three way (one black, one white, one red, one ground) then there is two more wires that are both (one black, one white, one ground).

The second switch on the opposite wall has two sets of wires, one wire is a three way (one black, one white, one red, one ground) then the other wire is normal (one black, one white, one ground).

Keep in mind this two separate switches with separate ceiling fans/lights and each switch has two buttons so you can control the fan on one and the lights on the other. The one wire is running from box one to box two so that it will get power in box two.

ceilingfanrepair · May 23, 2007, 12:52 PM

Ok, I apologize, I am still confused. Please tell me:

1. What was installed before you started changing things. How many fans, how many lights, how many switches, and what controlled what.

2. What you are trying to accomplish.

I understand you have two fans, and two switches, and each switch has two buttons. What I'm sure about is are you adding a second fan, or a second switch, or changing the switches, or etc.

ceilingfanrepair · May 23, 2007, 12:54 PM

I think I figured out one of the main things that was confusing me

When you say "three way" I assume you mean a three way switch setup, which allows you to control the same item (fan, light, etc) from two separate switches in two separate locations.

This is NOT what you mean, correct? You in fact have one switch location per fan?

dcomputer · May 23, 2007, 01:38 PM

You are right, there is one switch for one fan and a second switch for the second fan. Each switch has it's own 3-way wire and each has two buttons to separate turning on the fan and turning on the lights.

Originally there was one fan with one switch that had two buttons and one 3-way wire so now I am trying to add a second fan and a second switch to control this fan. I do not want it all wired on one switch since the one room is being changed to two bedrooms.

ceilingfanrepair · May 23, 2007, 01:47 PM

Ok, that sounds pretty simple then. All you need is 3 wires + ground going between each fan and it's corresponding switch. You also need a power source (two wires + ground) at either the switch or the fan. You have all this, correct?