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    Default Exhaust fan electrical help

    Took pictures of how it was wired before but power was out and couldn’t tell wire colors.

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    Two separate wires and wired to a three switch on wall.

    From the ceiling , two whites, two backs and a red.

    Fan has 3 whites, red, blue, black and a ground.

    Any advice ?

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    Blue to red
    Black to black
    White all together
    Ground to ground

    Blue and black are your hots

    If you have three switches to a fart fan on the wall, you probably had a heater in it too. Change it to two or stacked switch. Or just abandon the heater.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    Salty I forgot to mention , it’s a heater, exhaust and light combo. My wife likes to scald in the shower then bake when she is drying off. Thanks for your help !

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    nothing better than a shower/wake and bake
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    nothing better than a shower/wake and bake
    Pah-reach, big dawg.
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    Salty nailed it.

    If you wire nut those ends, you can work the switches and test with a meter to neutral (white) each of the blacks and the red to figure out which switch is which.

    Then, just like Salty said, wire it up based on his color code (standard).

    I'm surprised to see no bare ground with what seems like Romex coming into that bracket. So, I'm nearly certain one of your whites coming out of that ceiling is being used as a ground. I'd have taped it green if it were me.

    Need to figure out the ground or add one from a nearby fixture.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dook View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    nothing better than a shower/wake and bake
    Quote Originally Posted by turbo View Post
    Pah-reach, big dawg.
    dopers

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    No shit

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    Quote Originally Posted by VaTransplantDuckHunter View Post
    Fan is Black
    Heater is Red
    Light is Blue IIRC

    Fan and Light doesn't matter which black it hooks to on your black Romex (Switch Side). Hook red to red, typically the heater. Wire all neutrals together, grounds together.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    It’s working thanks for the help !

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    your wife got the munchies yet?
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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