Thanks for the wiring video. Very helpful. As for making it flush to the drywall, there are 2 bendable tabs on the mounting side of the box, as well as the opposite side. I have had success flaring them out and making them flush to the joist. Then cut drywall and install. If you're doing this after drywall was installed, empty the box, insert the box above the drywall, and flare the tabs to help hold in place as you install. Wire first in this scenario.
Thanks buddy. This helped me a lot. I hooked them up just like this, but my house wires were just black, red and white, so I ground the green one coming out of the exhaust fan I was installing. Question... I had the fan and light on two separate switches and when I wired it like this, the fan and light are now on one switch and the other switch is a night light on the fan. Is that just the way the exhaust fan was set up/wired?
Sorry for the delay. That's a good question. My first thought is no, because when one is on, it would be sending some of the moist air to the other bathroom. But you could probably install the metal flaps in the piping (the kind that easily open from one side when air is blowing). That may be a creative fix?
@@ourrealestatejourney_original thank you for your response! I think you're right. I didn't think of the air going down the other vent when not in use.
I'm assuming you have 12/2 wire (black, white, ground). The simplest answer would be to tie the existing black to the blue and black from the fan. This will mean that the light and the fan will both come on when you hit the switch. To separate the functions, you'd have to run a 12/3 from the switch to the fan, like I had to do in this video.
