Blocking heat from windows

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Definitely go remote control....that way you don't have to worry about going down the wall to wire a switch or two. That turned a relatively easy ceiling fan mount into a HUGE project for me.

Unfortunately there's no ceiling light installed right now, so there's no power in the ceiling. No matter what I'm going to be going down the wall. But there's already a switch there, I'll just be tapping in to the hot line going into the switch, not installing a new switch, which should be easier.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Unfortunately there's no ceiling light installed right now, so there's no power in the ceiling. No matter what I'm going to be going down the wall. But there's already a switch there, I'll just be tapping in to the hot line going into the switch, not installing a new switch, which should be easier.

I had a similar issue, but I found an electrical wire going above the bedroom ceiling in the attic that I was able to tap into. I added a junction box.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

I had a similar issue, but I found an electrical wire going above the bedroom ceiling in the attic that I was able to tap into. I added a junction box.

The only power I saw up there when I was replacing the bathroom fan was for the fan itself...and that's on a switch, so that just brings me back down to the switch again. I suppose if getting to the wall switch turns out to be more difficult than anticipated I could get lazy and drill a hole in a discrete corner of the ceiling (there's a built in desk in the corner that would hid it well) and just plug the thing in to a wall socket, but that's pretty sloppy and I'd rather not.