If that exhaust fan isn't on a circuit that feeds the lights, the idea may be sound. But if the circuit is on the lights in the bathroom or elsewhere, when you blow the circuit, the breaker will turn the lights off when you trip the breaker from the outlet. I think exhaust fans are usually put on a circuit with the lights but I could be wrong. I don't have an exhaust fan, the house is too old.
I have a similar problem in my kitchen. The access to add wiring is extremely limited. I've never had the will to try to add outlets yet. I dislike crawling around in the crawl space, adding wiring in this house requires a severe dose of going under the house. Did it once for my detached garage, that broke me of trying it again. But what I did add the one time helped me out a lot. My garage only had a circuit for one light when I first moved in. I added 3 more wires for outlets and an extra neutral in the existing conduits.
Steve
On 12/2/2011 7:47 AM, Jan Flood wrote:
Both our bathrooms are quite large, especially the MB, however, each has only one outlet - in the most inconvient spot. I understand not mixing water and electricity but cords stretched across two sinks aren't too safe either.
There is a switch for an exhaust fan on the opposite wall with at least 8' of solid wall between the shower and the tub. Is the exhaust switch the right type and/or would it be feasible to run an outlet off this switch, below it a couple of feet? Thinking of easiest and cheapest way to get a second outlet in there, mainly to add a lamp to the table on that wall and avoid having everything plugged into the one existing plug. Conversely, they did add an outlet in the closet which would be easy to cut through the wall, but it's on the wrong side of the room where one is needed. I don't want to tear up the walls fishing cord down nor have to come up underneath the house.....the electrician charges too much for labor and wire :)
What's involved in the ones I see advertised that need no wiring - and do they actually work?
On Dec 2, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Dale S wrote:
It makes cutting in new outlets through plaster and lathe almost fun.
Jan Flood
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