I have regular 12-2 wire going to a bathroom fan. Tell me about code issues with just running an extra 12 gauge shielded wire up to the fan so I can do the fan and light separate. Any restrictions, is it supposed to run with the existing cable… whatever.
Electrical – run a single 12 guage wire outside of 12-2 to provide power to a fan
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Best Answer
Doesn't look good.
This is done to ensure that all the wires are kept close together, so that the magnetic fields involved act the way they're supposed to. And also so that the next guy can figure out what's going on, and doesn't have to search a bunch of raceways to locate all the circuit conductors.
If it was a control/signal wire; and was not supplying power for the operation of the fan, that would be a different story.