Extractor Fan staying on?

hanb

Hi all,


Tried to take the cover off our extractor fan at the weekend to give it a clean but couldn't. So just gave it a hoover. When I turned it back on and the next time the light was turned on and therefore the fan was, it didn't turn off again.


Any ideas what I've done?!


I think it's this one


Previously, it would stay on a little longer than lights but turn off after a few minutes. Now it just won't turn off other than at the wall. I'm now in trouble with OH

Grenage

There's often a dial of sorts to set how long the fan stays on after the light is turned off. Could you have knocked the dial?

TheCyclingProgrammer

How long have you left it to see if it goes off? As Grenage says you may have knocked the timer dial up to the maximum.

hanb

I guess I could have. There was a little clip on the side that I poked to try and lift the cover off. I managed to move the cover about a mm or 2 and it felt like it would snap so I pushed it back up but the little clip bit didn't pop back in to the clasp (if that makes sense!).


I guess I've only left it for about 5 or so minutes as it would have turned off after about 2 before. I'll leave it on longer and see what happens. If I have knocked the dial, I've no idea how to fix it as I can't get the cover off to actually see inside

getmore4less

you see the little round bit at the bottom of the vents?

That looks like the cover for the screw that holds on the cover...

getmore4less

probably a branded Manrose FF100T

hanb

Thanks a lot! I really should have looked at the little round thing, makes sense now you've said it.


I'll take another look tonight and hope I can sort it. Each time OH jumps up to reach the switch I think he's going to murder me :rotfl:

hanb

Thanks again.

Just to let you know I took the plastic cap off to find a damaged screw so managed to loosen it but could t get the cover off still! Turns out the clip I poked had broken and had pushed something behind it and once I'd pulled it back towards the clip it worked. No idea what it was because it was separate to the timer dial but it worked and I'm never touching it again!! Back in the good books