Please help me repair the wiring that feeds an exterior security light fixture? Long story boring; several years ago, a licensed electrician installed motion sensor light on underside of second story deck, which worked fine for several years. I recently tried to add another fixture by connecting black to black, white to white, ground to ground; 14/2 NM Romex. Both fixtures worked fine for few days; the sensors operated independently for each. Then both lights failed. I removed the newly added fixture, leaving the original; but a light tester found there was no current feeding the fixture; I connected black probe to black wire, red probe to white wire; no light. Original feed is off of a two gang box, with two receptacles on one gang, two switches on the other gang. Toggle on One of the switches was covered with electrical tape in one position, homeowner was warned to NEVER move that toggle. The other switch operates the interior lighting of the outdoor storage area; it's not insulated, but it's weathertight. Removing both gangs shows three romex conduits clamped into the box. The romex feeding the exterior light that has failed, has its white wire pigtailed with all whites, and its black is wound to one of the screws on the switch that should never have its toggle moved. It must have been added later to this gang wiring. I'm not certain that I might have thrown the toggle from original position, as the tape cover became loose. Can't get an electrician out for such a little job this time of year. (Why would a licensed electrician leave electrical tape to keep a toggle in place?, instead of fixing a problem?) Any ideas? To my knowledge, I don't see any GFCI outlets near...the house is 90 years old. There are some gfci's elsewhere around the basement and exterior. Also, the original security light never had a toggle switch installed to allow for manual vs. auto mode; it was always powered. thanks!

So I currently have this fan in my downstairs bathroom ([url=http://www.lowes.ca/bathroom-fans/broan-5-12-sone-70-cfm-white-bath-fan_g1431618.html?isku=9908814&linkloc=cataLogProductItemsImage]Broan 5-1/2 Sone 70 CFM White Bath Fan[/url]). It is a 5.5 sone fan, so it is *very* loud, and I want to replace it with a lower sone fan. However I have a problem with the cutout that currently exists in my ceiling. The current fans cutout is roughly 7.5" x 8.5" and any of the low-sone fans I have found all have cutouts of around 10" x 11" (or thereabouts anyhow). There are little tabs on the side of the fan, that you use to attach the fan to a joist in the ceiling. So the cutout required for the fan is actually bigger than the cutout for the fan box itself. I don't have access to the joists that the fan will hang on above the dry-walled ceiling, so i can't hang the fan from above. How am I supposed to replace the fan without having to cut out a larger ceiling hole, and then be forced to do some ceiling repairs afterwards? Any ideas?