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I will preface by saying electrical is not my strong suit, but I’m handy enough. Sorry if this is an over-explanation but I just wanted to give some context.

I have a light/exhaust fan in the bathroom that the previous owner had on a dimmer switch and on/off switch below it. This was a self contained unit with 4 wires total. Black, red, yellow, and green.

The dimmer controlled the fan (not sure why) and the on/off switch controlled the light. The switch for the light is failing. It strobes so you have to keep switching on or off until the light fully comes on.

I want to do away with the old switch and just use a double light switch (same width as a single, just one above the other) and this is where I could use some help. I want just an on/off for the light and an on/off for the fan.

There are 2 romex cables entering the top of the box, and 1 entering the bottom. This box is located on the left of the doorway as you enter the bathroom. On the opposite side of the doorway there is a light switch for a light in the shower. And the left adjacent wall with the switch in question has a light switch and a GFCI outlet.

The bathroom is on its own breaker.

Is the most plausible reason for the 3 romex cables being, power from the breaker coming in, power to the light/exhaust fan combo, and power to the shower light? Or would the light/exhaust fan have their own romex cables to be controlled separately?

Next is the wiring. I understand I’ll need to find which black wire is the source. I do have a volt meter. I would assume I’m checking for voltage. So if I disconnect all the wires and make sure none are touching, turn the breaker on, I should be able to find the hot wire.

Hot wire in on its own terminal on the new double switch.

The other two black wires on the other terminal on the switch? Not sure if this is correct.

All the white wires (neutral) together, capped and out of the way (in the electrical box, nothing to the switch.)

Then there are 3 ground wires from the 3 romex cables, and 1 spot for a ground on the new double light switch. Do I tie all 3 of the ground wires together and add a fourth jumper wire to connect to the ground on the light switch?

I realize this is probably a very simple electrical situation that an apprentice could handle, but trying to search this specific set of questions was becoming a pain. I’d prefer not to start an electrical fire so any help would be appreciated.

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1. “Dear little thing!” said Herbert. “She was up and down with Gruffandgrim all the evening. He was perpetually pegging at the floor the moment she left his sight. I doubt if he can hold out long, though. What with rum and pepper,—and pepper and rum,—I should think his pegging must be nearly over.” Must avoid asking the group their thoughts on pegging. Please let me get past this. So what are your thoughts on pegging? Dammit!
2. Worst burn you ever had? Can be physical, or when you got absolutely roasted by someone.
3. Thoughts on the developments that occurred in this chapter?
4. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?
5. To my fellow Americans, handle explosives with care. Be safe, be merry and festive, have fun. Happy 4th of July.

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“I know I am quite myself. And the man we have in hiding down the river, is Estella’s Father.”

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1. Pip goes to see Miss Havisham. Does see her. Walks around, then sees her again on fire which could’ve been an act of god, spontaneous combustion, or self immolation. Who knows. What say you?
2. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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At about six o’clock of the morning, therefore, I leaned over her and touched her lips with mine, just as they said, not stopping for being touched, “Take the pencil and write under my name, ‘I forgive her.’”

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1. What did you think of the dinner scene with Pip, Jaggers, and Wemmick?
2. Miss Havisham wants to see Pip. Any guess as to what she may want?
3. Miss Skiffins. What’s your impression of her? Do you think she’s Estella’s mom? Do you think she murdered the other woman?
4. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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We exchanged a cordial good-night, and I went home, with new matter for my thoughts, though with no relief from the old.

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1. Pip gets his rowing practice in. Do you expect this training to pat off?
2. We once again return to the theatre with Pip. Any thoughts on his musings of the play or actors?
3. Wopsle lets Pip know about one of the convicts that was seated behind him at the theatre. The one who was mauled. Any thoughts to share on this?
4. Is Pip being cautious enough? Is there anything else he can, or should be doing?
5. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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if that were possible,—and I for my part never went near Chinks’s Basin, except w

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1. You ever have gout?
2. What do you eat for breakfast?
3. Do you ever feel like you’re being watched?
4. On a scale of 1-10, where would you put rowing skills?
5. Talk about the story if you want. Idaf.
6. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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thought with dread that it was flowing towards Magwitch, and that any black mark on its surface might be his pursuers, going swiftly, silently, and surely, to take him.

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1. Pip returns home for his sisters funeral. Any thoughts on that scene?
2. How did you feel seeing some of the original characters once again?
3. What, if anything, did you get out of the conversation between Biddy and Pip?
4. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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Once more, the mists were rising as I walked away. If they disclosed to me, as I suspect they did, that I should not come back, and that Biddy was quite right, all I can say is,—they were quite right too.

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1. Bring your own prompts.
2. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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on Monday next at three o’clock in the afternoon.

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1. I’m not having the best week. Hopefully Pip is faring better.
2. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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Miserably I went to bed after all, and miserably thought of Estella, and miserably dreamed that my expectations were all cancelled, and that I had to give my hand in marriage to Herbert’s Clara, or play Hamlet to Miss Havisham’s Ghost, before twenty thousand people, without knowing twenty words of it.

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1. I dozed off reading and watching basketball and didn’t get the chapter up. So no prompts today as I don’t remember where I was when I fell asleep. But Pip was in London, and a guy named Mike spoke strangely. I think that’s overworked my brain.
2. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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“I tell you it’s no use; he won’t have a word to say to one of you;” and we soon got clear of them, and went on side by side.

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1. What did you think of the scene at the Jolly Bargeman between Mr. Wopsle and this mysterious stranger?
2. How about the scene back at the Gargery residence where it’s revealed who and why this mysterious stranger is and why he’s come?
3. So Pip is to be a gentleman with great expectations. How do you see that turning out?
4. It seems like we’ll be following Pip on this journey. Are you looking forward to it more than Pip seems to be? Will you miss life at the Gargery’s.
5. What did you think of Joe squaring up as a pugilist (boxer) with Mr. Jaggers? Should Joe have asked for compensation?
6. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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I put my light out, and crept into bed; and it was an uneasy bed now, and I never slept the old sound sleep in it any more.

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1. How are your detective skills? Do you have any hunch as to who attacked Pip’s sister?
2. How do think you’d fare if Pip and Joe had to take care of you?
3. Any thoughts to share on Biddy, or Orlick, or anyone else?
4. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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After that day, a day rarely passed without her drawing the hammer on her slate, and without Orlick’s slouching in and standing doggedly before her, as if he knew no more than I did what to make of it.

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1. We get the reason why the soldiers had come, to see the blacksmith. Did you have a guess as to why they were there before the reveal?
2. Would you have followed along on the manhunt, or is indoors by a fire the more appealing option to you?
3. They found the convicts easily enough and take them into custody. Did anything from that scene stand out to you?
4. Do you think Pip is in the clear now? From both the food and the file and the two escapees?
5. Is there anything else you’d like to discuss?

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Then, the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water, and went out, as if it were all over with him.