Adding a ceiling fan in a room where nothing existed before. I have a single pole switch on the wall that controls an outlet. When I opened the switch, it looked like it was an end-line or switch loop switch (are they the same thing?). Only a single 14/2 wire coming in with both black and white connected to switch.
Would it be possible to tap into this as a power source for the ceiling fan addition? I don't care if the ceiling fan is always live and controlled from the pull chains. Or controlled from the single pole switch along with the outlet it already controls.
Best Answer
You can if you’re willing to make the receptacle always hot, in which case you can repurpose the white wire to the switch box as a neutral. Basically, after turning off the power, you remove the switch first. Then, you reconnect the receptacle with your usual middle-of-the-run receptacle wiring, white to silver, black to brass, though you may have to replace the receptacle if it has the tab joining the brass terminals removed. After running new 14/3 cable to the fan from the switch box, simply join the two white wires together. If you want the fan and light controlled independently, you can put in a double switch, one switch controlling the black wire and the other controlling the red.