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Can some help me figure out what I've done wrong with my extractor fan?
jt1413
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Fitted a new inline extractor fan today as the old one broke.
I'll try and explain this best I can, so there is a switch outside the bathroom door, one switch for the lights, one for the fan. Then, in the loft, there is an isolator switch next to the fan.
I've rewired it, and it is electrically safe. However, if I switch the isolator is on, the fan is on, and when the isolator is off the fan is off. The switch outside bathroom doesn't seem to do anything anymore so something seems wrong and I am not sure what.
Can anyone give any idea what might be wrong? Thanks in advance.
I'll try and explain this best I can, so there is a switch outside the bathroom door, one switch for the lights, one for the fan. Then, in the loft, there is an isolator switch next to the fan.
I've rewired it, and it is electrically safe. However, if I switch the isolator is on, the fan is on, and when the isolator is off the fan is off. The switch outside bathroom doesn't seem to do anything anymore so something seems wrong and I am not sure what.
Can anyone give any idea what might be wrong? Thanks in advance.
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https://imgur.com/a/9DrlIHU
These are images which may help, I can go back into the loft tomorrow and take a photo of the wiring.0 -
Does the fan have additional features like a timer or humidistat? If so, could it simply be that these are being activated, and are temporarily overriding the bathroom switch?0
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Your pic doesn't show the actual wiring. You should be able to add them directly into your posts on here - see the pic icon, top - right of the reply box?0
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I know, I need to go back into the loft tomorrow morning and get a picture of the wiring for people to be able to see what's been done.ThisIsWeird said:Your pic doesn't show the actual wiring. You should be able to add them directly into your posts on here - see the pic icon, top - right of the reply box?0 -
It doesn't have a timer or humidistat. Which is whay is confusing, as I assumed it was that that was the problem at first.ThisIsWeird said:Does the fan have additional features like a timer or humidistat? If so, could it simply be that these are being activated, and are temporarily overriding the bathroom switch?0 -
Did the previous fan have a run-on timer?0
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The isolator switch in the loft will almost certainly have a 'permanent' live terminal in it, which is used to keep supplying fans with timer and humidistat features after the bathroom switch is off. And, it'll have the normal 'switched live' which is the terminal which becomes live only when the bathroom light is on, and off when off.
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