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<blockquote data-quote="Spark7" data-source="post: 541090" data-attributes="member: 36238"><p>Hello</p><p></p><p>Newbie here. I'm struggling to get a light and fan to work. So in the bathroom was a pull cord switch which had a 3 wire cable going to a ceiling rose. When pulled the bathroom light came on and the fan came on. I'm trying to put in (outside the bathroom) a switch for the light and a switch for the fan. </p><p></p><p>I've got a light switch with 4 switches outside the bathroom. Currently 2 switches are for upstairs and downstairs and they work fine. I thought I could put a bridge in this switch to give power to the light. I used the top of the switch, the common as the bridge from the light switch to the common? at the top of switch 3 and switch 4.</p><p></p><p>Switch 1 - downstairs lights, switch 2 upstairs lights, switch 3 bathroom fan, switch 4, bathroom light.</p><p></p><p>As you can probably guess it doesn't work. </p><p></p><p>How do I get power from this switch to make the light and fan work? Or do I need to feed power in from elsewhere?</p><p></p><p>Originally the ceiling rose had cable 1 - power in, cable 2 - fan, cable 3 - master bedroom light, cable 4 - switch</p><p></p><p>All help appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Many thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spark7, post: 541090, member: 36238"] Hello Newbie here. I'm struggling to get a light and fan to work. So in the bathroom was a pull cord switch which had a 3 wire cable going to a ceiling rose. When pulled the bathroom light came on and the fan came on. I'm trying to put in (outside the bathroom) a switch for the light and a switch for the fan. I've got a light switch with 4 switches outside the bathroom. Currently 2 switches are for upstairs and downstairs and they work fine. I thought I could put a bridge in this switch to give power to the light. I used the top of the switch, the common as the bridge from the light switch to the common? at the top of switch 3 and switch 4. Switch 1 - downstairs lights, switch 2 upstairs lights, switch 3 bathroom fan, switch 4, bathroom light. As you can probably guess it doesn't work. How do I get power from this switch to make the light and fan work? Or do I need to feed power in from elsewhere? Originally the ceiling rose had cable 1 - power in, cable 2 - fan, cable 3 - master bedroom light, cable 4 - switch All help appreciated. Many thanks [/QUOTE]
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