Why can't all bathrooms have two separate switches for lights and ceiling fan?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
Staten Island, New York
November 5, 2018 6:01pm CST
I have three bathrooms at home.
The one in the basement has a switch for the light and a separate switch for the ceiling fan.
I'm calling it a ceiling fan but maybe I am wrong.
It's that square thing on the wall, though it can be on a ceiling too.
The other two bathrooms don't have that, so when I turn on the light the ceiling fan turns on automatically.
It's very annoying, especially when I just woke up and not fully awake yet or I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
If one bathroom has two separate switches why can't the others have that as well?
It makes no sense to me.
I should be able to turn on the ceiling fan when I want or need it and not have it on all the time... when I turn on the lights.
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6 responses
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
6 Nov 18
i wish i had a fan of some kind in my bathroom..if i want a vent fan i'm gonna have to have new wiring put in.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Nov 18
That's probably not cheap to do.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
6 Nov 18
It's probably an exhaust fan and they just want to make sure that it is switched off when you go out of the bathroom, that is why they integrated it with the light switch.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Nov 18
They are too loud for sure.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
6 Nov 18
Good thing we don't have a ceiling fan in our bathrooms. But in my parents house they have a wall fan on one side. But it has its own switch though.
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Nov 18
@lovebuglena It's the exhaust fan. That is also always switch on when we use the toilet.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Nov 18
What I am talking about is not the type of fan that you turn on when it's hot...
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Nov 18
Yes. I am renting out my parents' house and it has three bathrooms.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Nov 18
You could have an electrician do some rewiring.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Nov 18
I'd be tempted to do it if I owned the house but I don't.
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