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before you go through the trouble, do they make a 3-way fan speed control? nevermind http://www.prolighting.com/ludvdi1prfan.html [This message has been edited by Jps1006 (edited 07-09-2005).]
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Cas Elegant solution I agree.
14-2 in, down and back to dead ends with 2 14-3s and a 14-3 to the fan/light.
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Larry: You're right, I stand corrected. I skimmed exception 3 and thought it referred only to single-conductor cables. I'm still a little surprised it's allowed for NM.
caselec/gfretwell: Agreed. The hot pair can enter either the fan box (my example) or the switch box having the fan cable (yours). I like your way: it saves having to reidentify the white wire in the fan cable. Clean.
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Interesting thread. Good solution, Cas. When we have these discussions at work they don't always stay this amicable. Everyone wants to be right. This is a great site for those of us who want to find the best way to do things in a friendly discussion.
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If you really want this to be nice for the next guy, reidentify the black in one traveller set to red and the red in the other set to black, then mate them to red and black in the fan cable. (reidentified white is always the hot in a switch leg).
It would then be easy to sort this out in 10 years.
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I agree with Cas.
Feed the circuit at the one of the switch boxes, then run a 3-wire switch leg to the fan, then run (2) 3-wire dead ends to other switch box.
The simpler, the better, IMO.
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2002 Code: 300.3B All conductors of the same circuit and, where used, the grounded conductor blah blah blah shall be contained in same cable.
The key words "where used" might apply to dead-end switch legs and travelers. Unless I'm reading wrong, grounded conductor not used at dead-end switch legs or back-feeds doesn't have to route with hot conductors.
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are they refering to 240 volt applications,neutral not needed versus 120 volt circuits where neutral is needed.
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just dead end both three ways to make it simple. feed and switch in one box and bring two three wires to the othe box one for the lite and one for the fan.
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