What wires go where?

[trev]

Cannot believe this is still going. Can't you all see through this clown? He must be laughing his butt off.

 

[Knobhead]

I’m disappointed in you lot.

No fawning over a female?
No offers to call round?

Sorry you’ve sunk in my estimation.

 

[richy3333]

I’m disappointed in you lot.

No fawning over a female?
No offers to call round?

Sorry you’ve sunk in my estimation.

Well 'Dave' didn't say how big his bazoomers are, so no takers on 'calling round'

 

[Resu]

mind you it could be white as the G/y sleeving looks just green to me

Did you ever have a colour-blindness test before you started as a spark?!

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Red, White and Blue that is an old French Connection Fan I think

 

[Miss Sparks]

A modified version of the process an electrician will go through:

Step 1, check your fuseboard, do you have RCD protection over the circuit? If not then call a sparky for advice
Step 2, check the location of the existing fan, compare this with the zones as defined in the regs, this information is usually copied into homebase's instruction leaflets along with details of which zone it is suitable for. If not call then sparky for advice
Step 3, check that a suitable 3 pole isolator has been installed to allow you to switch off the supply to this fan before you start working on it, if it has been installed correctly then the light in the room should stay on once the fan is isolated allowing you to see what you are doing (its almost like someone thought about this!) if not then call a sparky for advice
Step 4, if the existing connections are labelled then that should tell you which wire does what, if not you will have to follow safe testing procedures, probably with it live, to work this out.
Step 5, Remove old fan and fit new in its place
Step 6, correctly label the wires with sleeving, connect them to the appropriate terminals in the new fan. Make sure the screws are tight enough but not too tight or too loose. Too loose = house fire, too tight = house fire, unfortunately we cannot translate the feeling of when a connection is correct into written words.
Step 7, carry out necessary testing.
Step 8, turn it back on.

As you can see the actual fitting of the fan is only a tiny part of the work involved and what a sparky will be doing when he is changing a fan.

Also to ensure your safety from electric shock, if you have one of those little neon screwdrivers to test whether it is live or not place it on a hard surface (concrete or simmilar) and hit it as hard as possible with the biggest hammer you can find, hit it a few more time just to make sure.

Thank you sooo much. ---

 

[Miss Sparks]

I reckon it's really a kitchen fitter from Romford named Dave....

Do I look like someone called Dave?! I don't fit kitchens either...but I would give it a go if it saved me money

 

[Tiny Spark]

Do I look like someone called Dave?! I don't fit kitchens either...but I would give it a go if it saved me money

You look like a name on a forum to me

This the right time to ask for pics!? Lol

 

[Richard Burns]

You look like a name on a forum to me

This the right time to ask for pics!? Lol

profile pic?

 

[Tidy Max]

I'LL DO IT FOR FREE lol

 

[Spoon]

Come on people. This is a wind up or the OP is a muppet.... Just look at post 13... it says it all.

 

[trev]

Do I look like someone called Dave?! I don't fit kitchens either...but I would give it a go if it saved me money

So you deny being a kitchen fitter called Dave from Romford but don't deny that this is a wind up.
I rest my case M'lud.

 

[Miss Sparks]

So you deny being a kitchen fitter called Dave from Romford but don't deny that this is a wind up.
I rest my case M'lud.

Not a kitchen fitter and not trying to wind anyone up, I just wanted answers to what I thought was a quite reasonable question. I came to this forum simply because I hoped I would get a straight answer. While I'm here I may as well ask as the new fan will be adjacent to the bath/shower and within arms reach so speak, are there any safety regulations that I should be aware of, or is there a special type of extractor fan that I would need to be used in place of the Hombase fan shown in my picture?

 

[Miss Sparks]

profile pic?
View attachment 20202

Yes, this is me?!

 

[Tiny Spark]

Miss Sparks, Bathrooms are subject to lots of regulations as they are a particularly dangerous place for electric!