Bathroom fans in house

ps2mint

Hi all,
I've recently moved into a new house and in two of the bathrooms there are fans fitted into the ceiling. These fans operate with the light pull chords e.g. As you pull the chord for the light to come on, the fan comes on and goes off accordingly. Ideally I would like the fan to run for a few minutes after the chord has been pulled and the light as gone off. Is there an easy way which allows me to do this?

Thanks

MX5huggy

Is it brand new home? Or just new to you?

Depending on the make and model of he fans it may just be an adjustment required. If not you'll need an electrician to wire permanent live feeds to the fans. If this is tr case you will probably require new fans. But fans without this function are cheap fans anyway in all likelihood.

Davesnave

If they are old fans then they may have no timer mechanism in them. Even quite cheap modern fans often have a small timing circuit built-in, with a little wheel to alter the period of run-on.

There may be seperate timers that can be added to existing fan circuits without them, and maybe someone will be able to point you to these. However, although we don't know your level of competency with electrics, it seems likely that if you've asked the above question, you'll not want to wire these in yourself.

In the circumstances, it may just be easier to have a sparky replace the extractor fans, especially if they're a standard size, to 100mm tube, or similar.

I_have_spoken

Is there an easy way which allows me to do this?

Get a cheap kitchen timer, set it for 5 mins after you've finished in the bathroom and when the pinger goes you know it's time to switch off the light. :j

boliston

I remember one of these in the bathroom at my old flat and it used to annoy me as if I went to the loo in the night I could hear the fan for a while after while i was trying to get back to sleep - Luckily I found a way of disabling the fan.

Mr.Generous

need a timer fan and probably a separate permanent live run from the lighting circuit. When fans have a permanent live they should have a separate isolation switch too.