Chris Tremblay
New Member
Hi; I have a dual 3-way switch (2 switches in one gang) which is currently used to control 2 different outputs (ie: not used as a 3-way switch). One is a light and the other is a bathroom fan. I want to add a timer so that the fan runs and clears out the humidity. I figured that I would wire both the lights and the fan in parallel since I don't mind the fan being on when the lights are on. If I'm understanding things correctly; I'm missing a wire in my gang to make this work with a timer? My "line" is split to the common right now to provide power and there are two separate "loads" for each device. I tried to connect my "line" to "hot" and my other 2 wires to "neutral" but that didn't work. Everything lights up all the time.
If I'm understanding things correctly; the current switch is basically connecting the hot to terminal A1 or B1 when the switch is on and it doesn't care for a neutral while the timer does which means that I would have to track my neutral and wire it inside the gang for it to work?
PS: There is also a ground which is not contentious here.
If I'm understanding things correctly; the current switch is basically connecting the hot to terminal A1 or B1 when the switch is on and it doesn't care for a neutral while the timer does which means that I would have to track my neutral and wire it inside the gang for it to work?
PS: There is also a ground which is not contentious here.