2 fans in 1 room?

Question

i have a pretty long room and one fan is not good enough, i want to put one fan on each end of the room and i need to know how i could wire that up

Answer 1

do you want one control for both fans or seperate controls for both fans?
if you want one control, simply run the wire from the wall switch to the first fan, wire nut the wires together, then continue it on to the second, if you want separate control, then put two switches next to each other on the wall and run seperate wiring.

Answer 2

Certainly there are multiple ways to accomplish the task. The easiest but not so aesthetically pleasing is hang the fan, using brackets between two opposing rafters above the ceiling, and then hang swag chains, often sold with fans. Of course that still means having to go into the space above the ceiling to accomplish the design.

Hard wiring the fan will also, as another answer states, mean going above the ceiling, installing a bracketed box between opposing rafters, or bolting the box to a rafter, then install the fan.

You can also use a surface mount wire molding run from one fan to the new location, but again, you will have to bracket the new fan.

You should probably check the circuit breaker for amps load and track down everything on that line along with the existing fan.

To add a new switch, and run the second fan independently would also mean adding wiring and a switch box on a wall. Certainly fans also come with pull cords to eliminate that need.

Finally...Fans are designed to cool people, not rooms, and when not in the room, one cannot feel the effect, no matter how many fans are operating.

Steven Wolf

Answer 3

do you have two lights in the room If you do you can simply hang a fan in place of the existing light. If that is not an option you will have to go into your ceiling(via the attic or whatever space) nail or screw a receptacle box to your ceiling joist flush with your ceiling tile. then run wire from the other light receptacle to your new box making sure you attach same color wires together wire nutting and taping. or run a new breaker and wire from your breaker box then put up the other fan JUST DONT ELECTRICUTE YOURSELF Talk to your man at the hardware store he can tell you what boxes you need to get and how to install it good luck