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  1. D

    Is this NICIEC extractor fan installation safe?

    Hi, Quick Q from a newbie. I had a NICIEC registered electrician install an isolation switch and extractor fan in my downstairs bathroom. I’m now replacing one of the down lights and found what is a surprising mess of wires in the false ceiling, all joined together with a terminal block (centre...
  2. M

    Help With Wiring 3 Switches To One Extractor Fan

    I live in a flat in Leeds and am needing some advice. I have one extractor fan that connects to two bathrooms (Call them A and B). The switching on of a light for either should turn the fan on. Also in the kitchen there is a switch incase we need to turn it on there too. There is a ceiling...
  3. SparkyChick

    Extractor fans that don't need a fuse

    Hi all, I've been trying to find fans that don't require fusing down according to the instructions. Can anyone recommend any please? These are just replacements and I'm trying to keep the cost down for the customer so if I can avoid extra work to install fuses etc. I'd like to. Thanks SC
  4. J

    Wiring advice for multi room extractor fan

    Hi all I have installed the 92430AW XPLUS 2 MULTI POINT VENTILATION UNIT I wired it in like for like with an old unit. The fan stays constantly on. Do I just wire in the switch lines into the L1, L2, L3? Or is there a way to wire this in. It's probably very simple but it's confusing me.
  5. M

    Bathroom extractor recommendations

    Looking for a 100mm straight through wall extractor - customer wants super silent!!! Any recommendations?
  6. K

    Needs to replace my extractor

    Hi, My extractor is failing and i need to replace it. It can take a while to spin up sometimes and can make a high pitched noise while it is doing so. Giving it a tap normally sorts it out. Its a Steeple brand and has a timer. I need to order another one but I'm not sure if its a standard or...
  7. M

    Extractor fan, hourly timer....

    I have a customer who has a extractor fan in a storage container used for ventilation. They would like a timer fitted which enables the fan to come on for 10 minuets every hour. Im struggling to find an off the shelf timer that would let me do this? Anyone got Any ideas? Cheers
  8. Manny Luck

    Need some advice about extractor fan installation

    Hi, I have no electrical experience whatsoever, but I have a question about some wiring that was done for my mum. My mum had some work done in her home by a not so respectable person and I was wondering who is responsible for reporting it. I think it falls under Part P. He installed a new...
  9. O

    Extractor for 2 bathrooms

    So, got a client in a concrete structured block of flats - 2 bathrooms with "wall to wall" windows so nowhere to put extractor fans. Fortunately between the 2 rooms is a cupboard - so I'm thinking of putting a single extractor in the cupboard and running the ducting in the cupboard then a...
  10. Z

    Bathroom extractor fan hole cutting.

    Hi folks I wanted to install an extractor fan in my bathroom. I'm unsure about drilling a hole in the wall incase I wreck the bathroom tiles. I'm adding a photo that I have taken. If anyone has carried out this task without damaging the tiles, please can you tell me which tool bit you used...
  11. A

    Bathroom extractor switch

    Hello I have changed the switch for my bathroom fan extractor. The first picture is how it was initially wired. The 2nd pic is of the old switch. The 3rd picture is how i have i wired the new switch. The issue is there is electric current in the outter screw when touching with a tester. Is...
  12. P

    Humidistat problem it just won’t knock the extractor fan off

    hi everyone, my first post I’ve got a s&p HIG2 humidistat in my bathroom which has worked brilliantly for the last 14 months. Last weekend the fan just won’t stop it’s running constantly, I’ve ajusted both settings to low and still no joy Ended up turning off the isolator switch but that also...
  13. O

    "low" extractor fan ..........

    OK, its best to mount extractor fans high on walls, or in ceilings but how effective would one be mounted lower down the wall? scenario - the outside wall is part wall and mainly sloping ceiling - so its possible to mount the fan at waist height and then have a short run down to the eaves. Any...
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  14. I

    Elta fan help

    Hi, I hope you can help, we have an elta raptor fan sda400 4-1, taken from a pub. My electrician friend tried to wire it into the controller on the hood but the fan stayed at 1 speed very slow and made a vroom noise ask it went round. It was originally wired into a cut off switch but I just want...
  15. S

    IPX4 or 5 needed for extractor over bath with shower mixer tap?

    Hi all. I need to fit an extractor fan on the wall above my bath. The bath has a shower mixer tap, but due to the slope of the roof this will not be used for showering but to rinse hair etc in bath - the shower handset clip is mounted just above the bath - photo attached. I'm unsure about the...
  16. P

    Extractor Fan Vent + Transformer

    Hullo. I was having work done by a builder who turned out to be rogue, new builder took over job and told me that he would need to change the extractor fan I had chosen as is wasn't 2.25m in height from the bottom of the bath. He changed it to another one, but when I checked it it wasn't...
  17. R

    Can anyone ID this 'bathroom extractor fan' (as was??)

    Hi Been asked to sort some bits out at a flat and found this behind a ventilation screen. I assume it was the backing of a centrifugal fan and someone has tried to do an imaginative DIY fix?? Just to confirm, the box is surface mounted. The vent from the box is at the top . Wonder if anyone has...
  18. Sigurd

    Powering extractor fans

    We are installing two extractor fans in a church hall which is used fro meetings, lectures, etc. Also occasionally for Lent lunches and coffee mornings. As you can guess, finance is an issue. Is it safe and legal to power these from standard 13 amp sockets (which are fed from professionally...
  19. Steve Lazzareo

    Extractor fan wiring help

    Hi, I am looking to replace my old extractor fan in the toilet with a new one (Manrose VNF100S). There are 4 wires (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green/Yellow). The old fan was operated by switching the light on and would stay on for a few minutes after the light was switched off. There were 3 wires in...
  20. D

    Bathroom Extractor Fan Help

    Any help for this problem is massively appreciated. I live in an apartment block and my extractor fan is bust. Took it off hoping to replace it myself, but I'm honestly not sure what type of fan I'd be needing. I know I'd need a timer fan, because the wiring is there, but the vent is so small -...
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