How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using light switch. Extractor fan installation. Xpelair DX100
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2017
- How to fit and install a bathroom extractor fan with or without a timer. In this video I give a step by step guide of how to fit, install and wire a bathroom extractor fan that is turned on and off using the bathroom light switch. I explain the wiring required using simple electrical diagrams, I show how to wire the fan to either a traditional ceiling rose or a more modern connector block arrangement, I show how to wire a 3 pole isolation switch, I show how to wire the extractor fan and I show how to physically fit the fan in place. In this video I install an xpelair DX100T simply silent fan. To see how to fit a bathroom extractor fan using an independent switch please click the following link - • How to fit a bathroom ...
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finally someone in the uk doing good clear videos on this sort of thing. been looking for something like this for ages! im planning to do this only using my pull cord light switch for my bathroom ceiling light (4 led spot lights) and take a feed from that circuit to power a larger high volume extractor fan mounted in the attic, which will then vent through a soffet vent. well, thats the plan anyway!
Thanks for the feedback Peter, glad to have helped. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching!
Great explanation of terminology and how the live from the loop is fed via the neutral from the wall switch - i.o.w. the neutral from the wall switch is only neutral when the switch is off, and is LIVE when the switch is on!
Very helpful straightforward instruction - i've installed my extractor fan (via the ceiling) and everything works perfect - thanks
Thanks for the feedback.
This has massively helped me with an upcoming project to upgrade extractor fans in my house, thank you!
Choose this video after finding another of yours useful. I've followed both sets of instructions and have got everything working. Thanks.
Glad it helped
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE you probably got a ton of views from me coz I went back to it so many times 😂
Just the best help you can get , have done a bit of diy but without this video I would have struggled on my own , many thanks fan is now up and running , cheers .
No problem 👍
brilliant video but the detailed instructions in a layman's terms are a great help, I'm a builder with limited knowledge of the current electrical regulations as they keep changing, but for day to say wiring I thank you for your detailed video.keep up the good work
Many thanks for the feedback. Glad it helped you out. Good luck with the building and thanks for watching!
Cheers. I found this very useful and didn't fry myself once.
Watched a few of your 'How to' vids now, very clear and comprehensive! Thank you
Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE hi your diagram shows two wires for a light switch but some bathroom switches have four (L&N in, L&N out) as per link below. How does that change the diagram, and how do you get all those wires (and the wiring for the fan isolator) into a ridiculously small junction box - is there a "knack" to it?
www.toolstation.com/bg-screwless-flat-plate-brushed-stainless-steel-20a-dp-switch/p85449
Thanks for this mate, perfect explanation from start to finish, brilliant. Be fitting my fan tomorrow.
Well busy weekend down lights in and fan installed pull string gone new switch in, just waiting for fan isolator tomorrow then a few holes to fill and paint, your videos are brilliant thank you. 👍
Sounds great! Thanks for the feedback.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE any thoughts on adding a shaver socket and the best was to go?
Spot on 3 extractors fitted 👍...I’m a handyman but electric’s in NOT my forte but that was very easy to follow👍👍👍
They're quite a bit bigger than I expected. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxb-KpJPmXtqM2xdYLP72ICq6QCcD0V8e7 If you ever had an air king round tilting fan, these are basically the same thing but in a window shroud. There's quite a few reviews about them being out of balance. I can say that mine pretty close to balanced. I purchased two of them for cooling my shop during my crypto operation. One intake, one exhaust. Combined they're moving over 7K CFM which is plenty for my 20x30 shop. If it helps you comprehend just how much air they move, both of them on intake and it's incredibly hard to close the door on my shop. The prescribed dimensions are accurate, they barely fit in my small windows.
your a natural, you make things simple to understand and explain thing very well. thanks
Hi there, really appreciate the kind words, glad you enjoy the videos. Good luck with your projects and thanks for watching!
Yeah, nice and straightforward explanation - it must have been because I think even I might be competent enough 👍
Brilliantly explained. Thank you for taking the time!
Thank you so much , I am a competent electrician but the 'T' fooled me !!
Great videos, mate. All the better for being in a familiar accent. I've re-fitted a bathroom mostly with your help. Thanks!
Let's just hope it lasts! 😂 Only joking, thanks for the feedback. 👍
Really good job of explaining something most people can’t!
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for your very helpful and practical explanation of how this is done... Best I've found
Thanks for the feedback.
That was brilliant - clear n straight forward & thanks for the sealant tip at the end ☺️👍
No problem, thanks for watching.
i got my lives at the switch, i take it i just do the connections at the switch just similar to the ceiling rose, thanks mate very informative 👍🏻
Thanks so much for sharing this, it came in very useful when connecting my extractor fan.
Glad it helped.
Really clear wiring diagram great job on the video
Many thanks for the comment.
Brilliant video. Much simpler than I thought.
Glad it helped
Great instruction. Right at my level. Job done. Thank you.
Great news Hywel, thanks for watching!
I did just that and when i flipped the switch my toilet flushed :(
There a money making opportunity right there!
😂🤣
Bruf 🤔 ur toilet flush 😳 by the switch?
What the hell bro?!
Haha
Dont give a hoot about extractor fans but thumbs up for just being a pouse around the house!
Thanks Matt and thanks for watching!
Great video Taff,simple and thorough, many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
No problem!
Brilliant explanation! Understood everything you said. 👍
Very good video, you explained this really well. I have the same challenge with an old house and solid walls!
Glad it was helpful!
my 90 yr old grannys fitting mine next week!
Amazing explanation and makes perfect sense
This was a really excellent, well described talk through. Saved me a lot of time. Thank you for your help 😎👍
Thanks for the feedback.
Absolutely brilliant… worked a treat, thanks so much
No problem, enjoy your new fan.
This is a life saver. Got to do this exact thing on a job thanks for the help 👍
No problem 👍
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Got it done working a dream mate. 👍👍
You are are Great DIYer UA-camr guy thank you very much sir you help us a lot 👍
Thanks for the feedback.
Very helpful and well explained video, thanks for uploading mate 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching.
Brilliant demo.
Great video pal nice and clear.a bit long but I did it and the diagram helped a lot iv done this for ventilation in the loft
Hi Marco, glad the vid helped. I'm not keen on doing the long vids either but sometimes it's the only way to show it all. Good luck and thanks for watching!
POUSE around the HOUSE iv subscribed pal thanks for the reply
Informative video. Well thought out. Thanks great vid
Thanks for the feedback Eddie and thanks for watching!
Great video - cheers. Fantastic detailed explanations
Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Very helpful. Thanks. 👍
Hi pouse, thank you for the advise to which I'll have a go at but would sooner see how you do it on here, I've been in the building trade for many years but electrics is just not my thing. Brilliant videos. Thanks Ray.
Hi Ray, really appreciate the great feedback. Video almost done. Probably publish next week. I'm more a jack of all trades master of none!! Thanks again for watching.
Most helpful. Thank you. 👍
No problem!
You made a Simple thing so much COMPLICATED
Please elaborate?
No he never, only to someone who has no clue whatsoever about electrics. And if thats the case, then you should not even be contemplating doing or understanding the job!!!!
@@jeremykemp3782 of course because this is your Bread & Butter. So keep SCARE MUNGARING
Great video! Thanks!
No problem!
Very well explained video.
thanks mate your videos helped me a lot
No worries, thanks for watching!
An interesting & easy to understand presentstion. Thank you.
Very useful Thanks
Terrific 👌 thank you
Thank you for the video, just fitted a DX100 and found this very helpful. My original wiring was slightly different, but this guide helped me to work it out.
Glad to be of help, thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. Very well done and has helped me big style. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you.
Hi Dave, thanks for the kind words. Glad you found the tutorial clear and easy to follow. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Fantastic video!!!!!
Brilliant thank you 😊
Nice one..thanks for sharing!
No problem, thanks for watching!
Cheers dude just what I needed!
Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you sir
Very useful video
am kerala (india)
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Very useful - thanks
No problem!
Really well explained, I wish all the sparks show worked on my place labelled all the various cables up with tape!! I think they wired it up using The Force!
Thanks for watching!
Thats a great video thank you
No problem 👍
This worked a treat, believe it or not my friend who is a qualified spark but been working with Siemens Renewables over 15yrs now, he told me that the Grey was the Switched Live and Black Neutral...
Didn't quite feel right, done some reading and checking out diagrams then found this, so for all the bollocks on here from obvious tradesmen scaremongering and feeling the pinch, this guy uploading a vid, doesn't scream "fkn do this now!" He knows if we've went as far as check out vids on it, we've pretty much made our minds up that we've got our head set in doing it anyway but just looking for guidance..
If I zapped myself, took some Sith lightning, I can't blame this guy, electricity is dangerous, its serious, we know this, do we take precautions, yes, do we go it on one video alone without reading up, checking wiring diagrams and reaching for a multimeter? No!...
I for one found this to be extremely helpful...
If you guys with the knowledge and training want to help, charge a fair price! £80 for a light to get fitted is among the jokes I've heard, it's not rocket fkn science, follow good safety protocols and you'll get there, want to come on and rip into the ones who dare to take money out your loot sack, erm! Wallet sorry... don't blame us or the uploader, blame the tories, these are after all austere times...
Thanks for the upload, massive help, i'm fine with electric showers, sockets, switches but this was my first replacement extractor...
Thanks for the feedback Gavin. Best of luck!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE You're very welcome sir, a lot of ultra critical comments on here from folk not quite grasping that you are only offering guidance, all work is done at our own risk as it is with any electrical work and that still goes even for the qualified electrician.
I subbed, will be able to use some of your guidance in future coupled with the usual reading up i do on wiring diagrams, following installation instructions on the electrical item being installed and above all, power off at RCD Box, we all know that if RCD trips on power on, THEN we'll resort to being fleeced by an independent spark...
Thanks again for your help
Gav
Nice work brother.
Thanks for the feedback!
Top video...well done.
Glad you enjoyed it
Well understood, thanks
You're welcome!
Top man. Thanks
Thanks.
This is excellent 😉
Glad you liked it 👍
Fitted one over the weekend, this video helped a lot. Thank you
Glad to help 👍
Thanks for making this video. I followed it as best I could, so I can have the fan and lights on a 2 gang switch, and still have the fan timer. For some reason the fan will only turn on and off by switching the isolator on and off. The wall switch does nothing, except turn the lights back off (they're touch buttons).
Yup, your set up is working perfectly!
thanx for help :)
No problem. Thanks for watching!
Nice video
Thanks for the feedback.
YOU MAD IT SO EASY ENJOYED THE VIDEO.
Hi Ratch. Glad the video was useful and you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Very good video .
Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Thanks bro
No worries, thanks for watching!
Thank you
No problem, thanks for watching!
Very useful. Good job!
Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Question: I have a tank room above my bathroom and was thinking of installing a bathroom fan. The problem is the walls are two feet thick. In this tank room is the small feed tank (Header Tank) for the radiator system to keep them topped up. Do you think a hose from the fan to this tank would work as a condenser when the warm air hits the cold? I realise I'd have to seal the lid and any excess air could go down the overflow.
Thank you mate, well explained.
Thanks for watching!
HI You have a good way of explaining how to do the wiring in a very simplified Manor that i could get my head round easily and understand and get it all ! rather than electrical diagrams that I don't really understand , as in the fan instruction manual thanks thumbs! up
Glad to help!
Exellent
great video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Screwfix pencil behind his ear.... he's a real builder!! ;) lol
I'm not actually a builder, I just just get a kick out of pinching pencils!
Touche😆
Really well explained . thank you for doing this video
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for the video, Q...if you're fitting the extractor unit flush to the wall and into the rigid ducting tube, how do you get the ducting to angle down towards the outside wall without the fan unit lifting away from the tiles at the bottom?
Could you post an alternative diagram if your installation is Quickwire (or similar push and click fit connection systems), not ancient ceiling roses? They only have twin core and earth, and of course you need three core for the fan isolator. How do you square that circle? (I've asked Quickwire and they're developing a three core and earth version but until that comes to market...)
Hi any chance of a video showing how to install a mixed flow in-line fan? Thanks your vids are super useful 🙂
Maybe in time, but it won't be soon. I've got enough on my plate! Thanks for watching.
Buddy: If I put the wires the wrong way around will it blow the fan our just not work> I ask as a sparky has done all the wiring and left a 3 core and E wire ready for fan installation but this wire was covered and does not have the brown or black tape over. Is using the brown for live, grey for neutral and black for switched live industry standard so I may assume the sparky ran the wire from the isolator switch in this manner? Thanks
Hi , it shouldn't damage the fan but if you have an RCD it should trip. But a simple way to test it is by using an electrical tester. A non contact tester like the LAP ms8907 are great. With the power turned on, remove your 3 pole isolation switch cover, (no need to disconnect the wires) and with the light switch on, the switched live wire will indicate live on tester. With light switch off there will be no power. The permanent live will always have power, and the neutral should show as having no power. But it should be standard that the grey is neutral, brown is permanent live, and black is switched live.
Love how you go into detail I have a kinetic light switch how would I wire it from the isolation switch
Should I seal the fan to the roof using silicone I have a plastic roof in the bathroom I can feel a draft coming though the gaps
I have installed a timer bathroom extractor fan (Manrose Quiet), but not wired in. I want (need) a RCD protected consumer unit, so contacted a niceic registered electrician for a quote, so thought he might aswell wire the fan in too. When I said that the manufacturers instruction state that a 3A fcu "MUST" be fitted. He said "Nah, I'll just fit a 10 or 15 amp fuse" 😕..................Thanks for your time mate, time to get my toolbox out again!!
Thanks for the feedback Mark, hope it worked out for you.
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Great video , brilliant cheers feel confident and ready to fit mine now
Good job. 👍
Hey! I'm installing a Greenwood Unity CV2GIP which I want to be permanently on (it's adigital humidistat fan) do I need to still follow the wiring scheme in the video? I don't want the light switch to control the fan just get power from the light circuit. I will of course still have an isolator switch. I'll have my neighbour sparky check my work either way.
Hello mate, I’m going to install downlights and an extractor in my bathroom. Am I able to wire the extractor into the run of the downlights? Great vids by the way, no waffle and clearly explained.
Just find the first light junction in the room and follow the instructions in the vid. That's exactly what I did. Best of luck and thanks for watching
Hi, very helpful tutorial. All my ceiling roses have a single twin core plus earth, with a black wire going to the neutral terminal and a red going to the line terminal. How would I wire an extractor fan with timer with this setup? Thanks, Drew.
top video keep them coming shame cant do more per week
Hi Scott. Thanks for the great feedback. If I could do more videos I would. I struggle to get 2 a week at the moment what with a full time job and children! Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for this video, just made my life easier. Now I can fit the new extractor fan with confidence following your vid...p.s. Is an isolation switch a requirement?
yes
Yes, you need it to safely work on the fan at a later date without having to turn the light circuit off. Thanks for watching.
I have a single light switch for my bathroom which has only a single twin and earth. I have 4 down lights that I can access but unfortunately have no ceiling rose. Can I tap into the lighting wiring for my extractor fan?