Hey guys, Im new to doityourself as a registered user, however I have been lurking here for quite a while. The reason I have never registered before is I seem to always find an answer in a previous post, however not today. Here is my problem. I decided to remodel my basement. The previous people whom had "built" it did so with what appears to be little or no experience and a case (or three) of beer. The results were not very pretty. Notwithstanding that, my major concern is with the bathroom that will be in the basement. When tearing down the old "work" we noticed quite a lot of water penetration into the surrounding structure, luckily very little mould. Poor (read wrong) material choices were used, but some of the problem was likely due to the combination of a very small cheep exhaust fan and it never being turned on (it didn't even work when I purchased the house). My plan was always to just put the exhaust fan on a timer so that even after my showers are complete I can run it for some time after to help expel any moist air. However I was wondering through the local home improvement store (it was saturday I had nothing better to do) and located a dehumidistat controller, it basically acts as a single pole switch. When the humidity gets above a pre-set amount it turns the fan on, when the humidity drops back down below that amount, well you guessed it, turns the fan off. Works with line level voltage too!! Now obviously bathroom fans deal with other issues, not just moisture (smell can be a real issue and the bathroom is right beside the furnace, you do the math) so I still need a regular switch as well. However I cannot figure out for sure how to wire such a contraption up. I know I don't want three way switches; I don't want me turning the fan on at the switch cause the fan to turn off as the dehumidistat was already on. I did a little research and was wondering if the revered "switch loop" could work for me. Im still in the rough in stages so I can run electrical any way I want. Here is what I was thinking: Bring power on 14/2 (A) into the fan box, run one 14/2 (B1) to the dehumidistat and a second 14/2 (B2) to the single pole switch. Label the white wires in B1 and B2 as hot by taping them with black electrical tape at the switch locations. Attach the fan box end of the white wires from B1 and B2 to A's black wire (making them hot). Run B1 and B2's black wires back to the black wire of the fan. Join together the fans white wire with A's white wire. Now I know that as long as these turn on independently they will cause the fan to run; my question then becomes if they both turn on (I turn my fan on entering the bathroom and during the shower humidity rises so the dehumidistat kicks the fan on), will it cause the circuit to blow or a switch to melt or a general house fire or any other bad things which I wouldn't want to happen to happen? Or, option B, it will work like a champ? Thanks in advance for looking at my problem Beer 4U2 Stephen

Hi. I'm a complete novice when it comes to DIY especially electrical. Could someone post easy to understand steps on how to convert a plug in light to a ceiling fixture? I assume we could remove the plug, strip the wires, etc. - but I'd really like detailed instructions. I've found this topic reversed (how to convert a ceiling fixture into a plug in), but not this way. We want to purchase a light that is meant to be plugged in and mounted as a swag type lamp, but I want to mount it on my ceiling instead of having a cord hanging around. Thanks!