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    Jul 28, 2010, 03:43 PM
    How do you install a fan/light kit using two wall switches
    I have a ceiling box with two lines coming out, one for each wall switch. Each line has a black, white and red wire Plus ground. How do I hook up wires to have one switch operate fan and the other switch the light.
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    Jul 28, 2010, 05:54 PM

    Not logical to have two 3-wire cables. You could have one 3-wire cable or you could have one 3-wire and one 2-wire cable.

    Pull switches and tell us what wires you have there and how they are connected.
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    Jul 28, 2010, 06:18 PM

    There are TWO three wire cables in the ceiling box. Two white wires are connected with a wire nut and the two black wires are connected with a wire nut. The two red wires are not connected but have a wire nut on each one. Two wall switches. Never used.
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    Jul 28, 2010, 06:53 PM
    Red wires are not hooked up to switches.
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    Jul 28, 2010, 07:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by hkstroud View Post
    Not logical to have two 3-wire cables. You could have one 3-wire cable or you could have one 3-wire and one 2-wire cable.

    Pull switches and tell us what wires you have there and how they are connected.
    I have two 3 wire lines coming out of the ceiling box. The red wires are not connected at the switch end.
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    Aug 13, 2010, 06:57 PM

    What was here before and how was it wired?

    Thinking this a 3 way switch setup.

    Do you have a voltmeter?
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    Aug 13, 2010, 07:41 PM

    OK, you have two 3-wire cables in the ceiling box, you have two switches at the same location, the red wires are not connected to the switches. You believe that the two 3-wire cables go to the switch box.

    How many cables and what kind are in the switch box and what wires are connected to the switches.

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