Hello. I bought a new exhaust vent to install in the ceiling of the bathroom. For some reason the previous owner put a vent in the floor. The bathroom has two lights, one over the sink, and one close to the shower. The room has two switches. Switch 1 would turn off the light near the shower. Switch two the over the sink. I took out the light near the shower and replaced it with a vent with light. I tried to wire it up, which is where I ran into trouble. In the attic, the light I replaced had 4 wires running to it. One from the garage, I'll call that Wire A, one from the light over the Sink, I'll call that Wire B, the other two go down to the two light switches, which I'll call 1 and 2. Wire 1 ran to the switch that controlled the light near the shower, Wire 2 ran to the switch that controlled the light over the sink. I tried hooking everything up, black to black, whites to whites, grounds, and it would pop the breaker. I disconnected Wire 1 from it, and everything worked fine, switch 2 would turn off the light over the sink, except the new light and fan would stay on. I've tried a number of solutions, but I won't write that out yet. I'm hoping based on this information someone could tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks so much in advance.

I am wondering if a dimmer can be installed with the rope tape hybrid lighting I have. The box says can be used with any standard inandescent dimmer, however the end of the top plugs into an outlet controlled by a switch. The dimmer O have is an incandescent dimmer but it says for permanent incandescent fixtures only. Can the switch be swapped with this dimmer to control the outlet that the rope lighting is run from? No other items can be plugged into this outlet...it is strictly for the rope that runs around the perimeter of the room behind the crown molding.