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04-06-10, 07:16 PM

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Exhaust bathroom fan wiring

I bought a NuTone model 763RLN exhaust bathroom fan. The wire from my house in the attic has only white, black, and ground wire. The fan has two different plugs: a black for the fan and a white for the light. The black plug has three wires coming from it: black, white, and green. The white plug has only two wires coming from it: white and blue. The diagram that came with the fan is a joke and impossible to understand. What goes where? I assume the green is a ground, even though it isn't copper. What is the blue for? I have only one switch for both the fan and light. Thanks.

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04-06-10, 07:26 PM

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Join the black and blue wires to black from the switch; join white to white and to the white from your switch. Green to the copper ground from your switch.

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04-06-10, 07:51 PM

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Thanks I'll try that. Seems to make sense.

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