Rewiring wall switch for fan
Marci- -you are not going to be able to operate the lights and fan independently with the wiring set-up you currently have. IF you have three pair of Romex wires within the switch box, I'd say at this point you have one black wire which would be a "line" or "hot" wire, one black wire that goes to all three can lights and the other black wire goes to maybe an outlet nearby. OR, one set of wires are hot, and the three can lights are fed by the two separate sets of wires. BUT- the are all controlled by one switch. Pretty common wiring. In order to have independent control of the lights and fan you will have to have another switch added. This can be done along side of the existing switch. IF you have two wires going from the switch to the three can lights this would be easy, if you only have one wire going from the switch to the three can lights, you will have to pull another run of wiring for the fan. Without the attic access, this will not be easy but can be done by a competent electrician. Good Luck, David
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