First post! I am familiar with electrical wiring and circuits such as audio amplifiers, but am new to wiring in a home.
I want to install a remote blower in the attic that would connect to the hoods power, via a new switch in between. I’ll remove the fan currently in the hood and install the blower in the vent line from the hood.
The blower has 4 speeds, with a wire switched to hot for each speed. The current hood has a 2 speed rocker switch (low-off-high). What I want to do is put a 3 way (rotary?) switch connected to the hood “high” switch, which can switch between the 3 highest settings. This way, it is a simple “low-off-high” on the hood, but the level of the “high” can be set with the 3 way switch. I want to mount this in the cabinet above the hood so it is not seen unless you open the cabinet.
So electronically, this would work. But what I am unsure of is how do I install such a switch up to household code. Does the switch need to be on a junction box ? Do I need to use conduit to enclose the wiring inside the cabinet? Is something like this even allowed?
Schematic attached.
I want to install a remote blower in the attic that would connect to the hoods power, via a new switch in between. I’ll remove the fan currently in the hood and install the blower in the vent line from the hood.
The blower has 4 speeds, with a wire switched to hot for each speed. The current hood has a 2 speed rocker switch (low-off-high). What I want to do is put a 3 way (rotary?) switch connected to the hood “high” switch, which can switch between the 3 highest settings. This way, it is a simple “low-off-high” on the hood, but the level of the “high” can be set with the 3 way switch. I want to mount this in the cabinet above the hood so it is not seen unless you open the cabinet.
So electronically, this would work. But what I am unsure of is how do I install such a switch up to household code. Does the switch need to be on a junction box ? Do I need to use conduit to enclose the wiring inside the cabinet? Is something like this even allowed?
Schematic attached.
