Hi. Here's my issue. I'm putting in a ceiling fan (fan and light kit are installed properly) I'm having trouble with the switch. It is a single gang box with romex wire coming in. White black ground (power from breaker box) and three wires leading to fan (red (light kit) black (to fan motor) white and ground) the switch I have has 2 toggle type switches stacked on top of one another and fits in single gang box. It has a grounding screw and one screw on left two on right(all brass) I need to know how to hook this up so the light is controlled by one switch (preferably the top) and fan is controlled by the other. If you have a digram that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Peter has it right, albiet a bit confusing. He IS however spot on. Incoming power on black gets two wires spliced to it and one each goes to each switch. The incoming neutral (white) gets spliced to the white from the fan box and does NOT go to either switch. Incoming ground gets spliced to the fan box ground AND to another ground wire going to the switches ground screw. Lastly, the fan box red wire to the other side of the top switch, and the fan box black wire to the other side of the bottom switch. In the linked picture, the top left wire is shown as black, but it will be red in your case.
Al
Edit: In the picture, ground isn't connected to the switch and it SHOULD be. Just add a short piece of wire to the connection and put the loose end on the switches ground screw terminal.
Edit: Ralph, I beg to differ, and even despard switches would be wired this way. We are describing the wireing for stacked single pole switches which is what the asker described and what is normal for an instalation such as this. What YOU are describing however, is a three way switch and will NOT work in this case. There is no dark screw on a single pole switch. Please re-read the question. I believe you have missed something. The incoming cable to the switch box is a two wire. The three wire goes from there to the fan box, so what was described is correct, and the links prove it out.
Al
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