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ToolMeister t1_j1dcgz4 wrote

You should have power at the switch at least, no matter whether the device is broken or not.

This leads me to believe the problem is upstream of the switch. If your switch doesn't have a neutral (only hot in, switched hot out) it likely gets power from the fan's electrical box.

Since you said the light fixture still works (combined in the fan?) your problem likely is located behind the fan or wherever it gets its power from.

Could be a loose wire nut, or a shorted/melted connection within the fixture. Take it down and inspect all connections.

Since you said the fan doesn't work even when connected to working power, that means it's definitely gone

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bwLearnsProgramming OP t1_j1dh1m9 wrote

So behind the switch there is 2 incoming sets of wire, the one that goes to the lights, and the one that goes to the heater and fan. No breakers are flipped at all. Is there a way to follow the wire with no power back to the breaker ? (To check for a bad breaker possibly) or could I cap off the other set and use the wires from the lights to power everything if I replace the unit ?

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ToolMeister t1_j1di6sp wrote

4 wires just connected to two switches? Then it gets power from the fixture, not at the switch box

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bwLearnsProgramming OP t1_j1dladw wrote

Okay so basically it would probably be that the one set goes in to the fixture and then it splits there and comes back to the switch ?

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ToolMeister t1_j1dmkzj wrote

Sounds likely if you only have four conductors plus ground inside the switch box.

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bwLearnsProgramming OP t1_j1dnpo0 wrote

That makes so much sense. Ill try getting more of the fixture apart soon. I usually only work on 12v electrical and it seemed like something was shorted in line to me. Thank you for the advice.

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