Jeff_Bathroom
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Hi,
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I'm remodeling the third of the three baths in the house and am doing some electrical re-arrangement. I have a similar issue with this third bath as the second, wherein there is or was an existing light/vent/heater combo that has to be replaced. I would replace with the same, but all I could find for the second bath and this one are cheap-looking plastic units. I find that odd to begin with, that I can find nice looking bronze or brushed nickle finish for light/vent combo, but only really cheap-looking heat/light/vent combos.
For the second bath, I gave up looking and installed only the light/vent combo. I'm about to do the same for this last bath but want to check if my wiring technique used in the second bath was acceptable, code-wise. There was a double switch that controlled either the vent or heat right next to the john. The light switches for the unit were on opposite walls.
The new light/vent-only unit I installed only required two-wire and one switch for the vent. So, I put a blank space filler where the second switch was and used only two of the three wires in the 12/3 existing cable. I capped off the ends of the unused red cable then wrapped in electrical tape. Was that ok to do ?
Thanks for advice on the subject...
(skip to the last paragraph if you're in a hurry)
I'm remodeling the third of the three baths in the house and am doing some electrical re-arrangement. I have a similar issue with this third bath as the second, wherein there is or was an existing light/vent/heater combo that has to be replaced. I would replace with the same, but all I could find for the second bath and this one are cheap-looking plastic units. I find that odd to begin with, that I can find nice looking bronze or brushed nickle finish for light/vent combo, but only really cheap-looking heat/light/vent combos.
For the second bath, I gave up looking and installed only the light/vent combo. I'm about to do the same for this last bath but want to check if my wiring technique used in the second bath was acceptable, code-wise. There was a double switch that controlled either the vent or heat right next to the john. The light switches for the unit were on opposite walls.
The new light/vent-only unit I installed only required two-wire and one switch for the vent. So, I put a blank space filler where the second switch was and used only two of the three wires in the 12/3 existing cable. I capped off the ends of the unused red cable then wrapped in electrical tape. Was that ok to do ?
Thanks for advice on the subject...