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    AbsntMinddPrfsr Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 4, 2009, 06:30 PM
    Can you separate power to two devices from the same circuit/switch?
    I have a bathroom overhead fan and a wall light connected to the same wire at their switch. Is there any way separate the power so I can turn the light and fan on and off independently?
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    Mar 5, 2009, 03:58 PM

    Sure - add a separate switch. You would change out the existing electrical box that has the one switch for a 2-gang box and intall 2 switches with a shared power supply. I suggest you post this question in the forum "Home & Garden - Electrical & Lighting" - you're bound to get more answers there.
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    Mar 17, 2009, 02:00 PM

    I'm not sure it fits any code but...

    I own a co-op apartment and the bathroom fan usually annoyed me if I was just in there while not taking a shower (it was too loud for me to hear the TV from the other room). The fan came on when the BR light was turned on.

    What I did was seeing the power to the fan came from below the fan I just opened the wall, disconnected the cable (with the breaker OFF) and snaked it into an old work box, then added a short length of cable from the work box to the fan and pushed the box into place.

    Then I added a new switch for the fan. This way, the fan would only turn on when I wanted it, just flick it on for my morning shower and off later when I no longer wanted it.

    Your wiring will be more challanging then mine as my fan was wall mounted and I pout the new switch directly below it.
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    Mar 23, 2009, 08:00 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by AbsntMinddPrfsr View Post
    I have a bathroom overhead fan and a wall light connected to the same wire at their switch. Is there any way separate the power so I can turn the light and fan on and off independently?
    A possible other solution would be to replace the single switch with a dual single switch-in-one unit, keep the light on one switch, and wire the fan to the other switch!
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    Mar 24, 2009, 10:15 PM

    Yes you can do by using one more switch but before that check the wiring laid. If the wiring is done in such a way that one control switch and only two wiring going in to the fan and light point and parlleled or looped in one ckt. Then wiring need to be changed.
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