Electrical – Exhaust fan hook up. I only have black and white from source. Please help

You're going to need to run new wire, which can be tricky.

ASSUMPTION - There is a wire from the panel to the switchbox. If the supply goes directly to the fixture first, then this does not apply!!!

• Turn off power to the circuit.
• Remove the existing fixture. See if you can get the mounting box out.
• Feel along the wire and remove the staple attaching the wire to the structure.
• Do the same at the switch box.
• Hopefully, your wire will move now if you pull it gently at one end.
• Take some 14-3 wire and strip a few inches of the outer insulation off. (A dull carpet knife works great!)
• Tie one of the strands of the new wire to one of the old. Wrap the entire connection in electrical tape.
• Pull the old wire out, and the new wire will follow it in.
• Replace staples to the best of your ability.

If you can't get the wire to move, you're going to have to break and patch the drywall, which can be a pain.

Wiring - The other wire in your switchbox should be the supply from the panel. - Cut two pieces of black wire, and pigtail them to the supply black with an appropriate sized wire nut. (You are splitting the wire into two). - Wire each end of this pigtail to a separate switch. - Wire the 14-3 black to one switch, the red to the other. - Wire the whites together with a nut. - Connect the ground to the box and the supply ground. - Connect the fixture at the other end according to manufacturers instructions.

• Put the switches back in the box with one screw each. Make sure the connections don't touch.
• Test.
• Reinstall the other screws, faceplates etc.
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