Excellent, clear video that an amateur DIYer can follow. Bought a new fan the other day and reading the manual confused me, as did google searches which tend to have a lot of sparky lingo. I now feel totally confident that I can fit this fan! Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback Steven. Just remember this type of work is covered by Part P regs so check those out prior to carrying out any work. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Outstanding Sir! Followed your crystal clear instructions to the letter. Now have new working bathroom fan with independent switch. Nice one and thanks very much Eddy.
Hi Matt, thanks for the feedback. Glad the videos have helped you out, that's what makes them worthwhile. Good luck with your projects and thanks for watching!
I like this nicely explained video. But you should also have a fuse per regulations if you extractor fan is in zone 1 or 2...you are not showing any fuse box
It's on the lighting circuit which is connected to a 6amp MCB on the consumer unit and RCD protected. You only need to 'add' a fuse if downgrading the power from another higher rated circuit like a fused spur from a ring main. I installed a double poled isolation switch which allows you to fully isolate the power whilst carrying out maintenance. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
You explained very well. I have a question. What is the good reason to have a independant switch for bath fan? If i am not wrong, bathroom fan timer will not start and fan will keep running untill indepandent switch get switched off and someone can forget easily after visiting a bath.
Instead of using coloured tape, it's easier to use 3mm coloured sleeving, which you can buy by the metre of eBay for pennies, rather than full 50m-100m rolls. Snip an inch off, and slide it over. Tape comes off, and is fiddly to fit. Good clear video.
Hey there Mr Pouse do you have any plans to make a "How to fit coving" video? There are other videos, but your videos are better than other videos and I know you'll provide the best instructions.
Hi Richard, no plans currently but I'll be sure to film it if I do. I appreciate your feedback and faith in in my instructions! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add it to my list of to do videos. Good luck with your projects and thanks for watching!
Hi David, depends what the wires are. If you have a live (permanent live), a neutral and an earth then connect the live to the Live (L) terminal, neutral to the (N) terminal and terminate the earth in a connector block. If it's a switched/temporary live, a permanent live, and a neutral wire , then you could connect the neutral to the neutral terminal (N), and the permanent live to the live terminal (L). Terminate the switched live wire into a connector block to safely isolate it. I'm assuming you just have a separate on off switch for the fan? Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Great video and very helpful, just wondered if you have a video on using a 3amp fused connection unit and 3 pole isolator as manufacturers are saying in instructions that the permanent live should be protected by a 3 amp fcu? Thanks
Hi pouse! Love your videos and thanks to you I managed to fit a few more sockets in my garage. Now I want to fit downlights and an extractor fan on an independent switch in my garage, but there’s no ceiling rose. There’s just a length of 2 core and earth that’s connected to a fluorescent light That’s on a switch. Could I disconnect the fluorescent light and connect the 2 core and earth to a few wago connectors to make a ceiling rose so to speak, and then connect the fan and downlights from that? I hope that makes sense any help would be much appreciated😊
In theory you can but you need to know what the cable is, where it comes from and what fuse is protecting it as you need the installation to be safe. Hope that makes sense. If in doubt call an electrician! Best of luck and thanks for watching.
Hi Eddy, I've followed your clear instructions for wiring a extractor fan with timer as you've shown, the switch is a pull switch when pulled on the fan starts up when pulled off the fan carries on running & the timer does not stop it
Who's Eddy?! If you followed the instructions then it should work. Have you left the fan for long enough to check it turns off on it's own. You can adjust the over run on the timer. Thanks for watching.
That's a very intense stare you got there at the beginning of the video mate....scared me. Also, thank you for the video, brilliant information and "how to".
Glad I freaked you out! I think it was my early days of being in front of a camera, didn't want to blink. Glad it helped you out. Thanks for watching 👍
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE the first 30 seconds of the video i really panicked and thought "why does this man want to kill me? Why does he hate me? " then i realised you can't actually see me and it's just a recording 😄😄 Anyway, jokes aside, you have a lot of great videos, i literally plaster re-skimmed my bedrooms thanks to your videos. Appreciate your hard work and especially the fact that you're sharing this knowledge with us. All the best!
Great video thankyou, I do not want my fan to run off the light can I use an existing/old immersion heater switch (now changed to a 3pole isolation switch) to power my inline fan that requires just a live and neutral (no timer). Consumer box live neutral earth - 3pole isolation switch (outside of bathroom) live neutral earth - fan live neutral. Many thanks, Barry.
I'm thinking of putting one in my shed , 4 inch diameter if I wire it o put a 3amp fuse in my plug and put it into the extension lead.. will that be OK for a bird room
The wiring should be the same at the ceiling rose so it's just a case of following the video. Your switch should have the same waring but switch is on ceiling instead of wall but I may be wrong, can't say without looking at it. If you want the existing pull cord to work the fan then watch my other video - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. Best of luck!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSEIn case anyone else is interested, I used 3c+E between the junction box and switch and wired up the grey to the indicator lamp negative and back to the junction box negative. Hey presto. Just have to be careful of the polarity otherwise the lamp is on permanently. Hope this helps.
Hi. I followed this guide today and managed to get everything wired up and working, though for some reason my fan won't work independently of the light? I've wired everything as per your video, and the light switch turns the lights on, though the fan switch does nothing UNLESS the light switch is turned on. When I turn the fan switch off the fan keeps running as per the timer settings, though when I turn the light switch off it turns the fan and light off together 😕 Regards, Mike.
Sounds like you have a permanent live and switched live mixed up maybe? Unless you have connected into a light that is daisy chained from another light in your room which has the main power feed coming to it. Without looking I can't be sure sorry. Hope you get it sorted.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Had a quick check today and absolutely that's what it was. Took the live from the switch and into the loop; bingo. Excellent guide, cheers.
The isolation switch is for maintenance. You can isolate the power to the switch to work on it whilst the power to the lighting is still on. Same as if you used a fused switch for the fan from a ring (socket) circuit. Hope that makes sense.
Great video, however I have to ask if it's possible to install that extractor fan to blow the air in by switching the wires? Mine seems to blow the air in instead of sucking it out... 🤔
Hi pouse, top vids, I have a heck of a lot to learn. We have fitted an extra fan in bathroom it runs with shared lightswitch. It’s supposed to stay on for 30mins after you switch light off but doesn’t. Any idea why? We have turned the dial/screw to max (30mins) but it won’t stay on. Thanks in advance :)
If you've turned the screw the correct way then probably a fault with the fan. But if it's not staying on at all, it may be that you don't have the permanent live to your fan, and maybe some has only wired a switched live. Hard to say without looking. Good luck with getting it sorted. Thanks for watching!
Hi, good video, thanks for sharing. I would like to install a bathroom extractor fan but I don’t want to risk getting electrocuted trying to do it myself. How much do u think it would cost to pay an electrician to do it please ? I’m in the uk
Hi there, Just followed you video to install an extractor fan with an indepandant switch and not controled by the light switch. Question:- Do i have to put an isolation switch in the circuit??
Great video. My timer fan says it needs to be on a 3amp fused switch. Do I need to add this where I come off the lighting main before the new junction box. Do I need that as well as the 3 pole isolator switch? The lighting circuit is for the whole upstairs and on a 6 amp fuse in the consumer unit, 1.5mm cable? thanks
My fan has been working ok, but now, when I switch the fan on--it just hums. but sometimes gathers speed and off it goes. Is something not connected properly. or is the motor faulty?
Sounds like a faulty fan. You can try checking the connections first (obviously with the power off!) but failing that maybe get a new fan for what they cost. Probably cheaper than paying for someone to check it out for you. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Maybe I wired them wrong first time round. Whatever was at the end of the video is the correct wiring. I filmed this a long time ago so my memory is a bit hazy!
Great tutorial, thank you. I'm nearly there with my installation but would like to know how to wire up my pull switch to activate the fan. My pull switch has L in, L out, N in and N out. I have guessed that i can use L in and L out OR N in and N out, is this correct?
Hi there, I already have a ceiling light and a timed extractor fan in the bathroom and there is a 2 gang switch and an isolator switch outside. I would like to replace the ceiling light with spot lights but I'm not sure which wires from the existing light need to go to my spot light? there are one 3-core and two twin core cables going to the ceiling light. Could please explain what I'm supposed to do? thanks
It basically replaces the light switch in my video so wiring to terminal points is the same principle. Difficult to explain. Maybe another video opportunity...if I get time! Thanks for watching!
Hi how about an existing single switch that turns on both light and fan. I'd like to add a second switch . Would it need completely rewiring or can I add a pull cord next to the fan to interrupt the current ?
Hi Paul, that's what I explained in the diagrams at the beginning. You could watch my other video - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. This will be like your existing set up. But yes, you can add a pull chord but I couldn't explain it in text. Sorry if that hasn't helped. Thanks for watching.
You can use it with the light switch also. See my other video here - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html
Hi just a quick question. I’m about to add an extractor fan. The bathroom has 4 spot lights, I’ve been in the loft and saw the main connections that have powered the spots. There are three connectors one is live the other is neutral and the 3rd is earth. Now my situation is that the switch live and the permanent live have been connected into 1 terminal. My guess was to just run 1.5 twin earth from the switch/perm live and neutral to the neutral block and earth to earth for the extractor fan. This way the fan will come on with the light. Have you come across this kind of setup before and am I right in what I’m thinking. Thank you for posting your vids btw. Extremely helpful
Hi Adarsh, not really sure what you mean. If the switched live and permanent live are in one terminal, from that point there would just be a permanent live. The permanent live goes from the loop in the ceiling, to the switch. Then the other side of the switch becomes the switched live (i.e. only live when switch is on) and this is returned to the live terminal (as in the diagram in the video). Without seeing it I cant really comment. If you have any doubt at all, call a qualified electrician to check it out for you. Sorry if that's not much help. I do also have another video where you use the light switch to operate the fan - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. Thanks for watching!
POUSE around the HOUSE hi, sorry about that confusion. I found the switch wire which was fed into a spot light. I took the connections apart and put them into a junction box with twin earth going to the spot light. I attached a twin and earth from switch live, neutral and earth so the extractor comes in with the light, also this extractor fan only had a neutral and live feed. The other situation I mentioned in the message to you was the perm live, neutral and earth, the switch live was half a meter away. But yes I got there in the end. Thank you so much. By the way your videos are amazing and to the point, please keep up the good work
Hey Pouse around the House, I have a question. Can I put the wire coming from the Fan Timer switch in the same COM terminal in which the wire coming from the main power source in the light switch? This is the wire that would be live all the time
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE It is not a non timer fan. It is a fan with a timer. The fan has N L S. I put blue cable in N, black coming from the hot wire from main with (brown sleeve) in L and brown in S. It was done via isolator switch. Might I ask what is wrong with that wiring?
Hi The loft space above my bathroom isn’t really accessible, because the ceiling is directly under the roof (like a loft conversion), is there anything wrong with using surface mount cable trunking in this situation?
You can use surface mounted cable anywhere. You may need to put it in conduit or trunking for some mechanical protection but that's fine. Thanks for watching.
Hi I have a ceiling rose in the middle of the room with a light hanging down now I want more lights with independent switch shell I do the same as shown at 2:19 to take a loop out 2 from the existing rose and connect it to a new rose and then run the light n switch wire to the new rose?
Pretty much yes. Check out my lighting tutorials, they may help. If you're unsure what to do please call an electrician to do it for you safely. Thanks for watching.
It depends on what wires you have, what fuse you have, what fan you have, and how you existing shower is wired. It's not a simple answer sorry but done correctly and safely then in theory it is possible.
I have a pull cord switch to operate the fan only. There is an isolator switch for the fan on the wall high up and a light switch separately outside of the room which only operates the light it has never done both only the light. The pull cord switch stopped working and wouldn’t switch on so I guessed the mechanism was broken. Took the pull cord switch down but stupidly didn’t take a photo of how it was connected! The switch fell apart so I binned it. I need a like for like replacement switch. There are 2 black wires 2 red wires and 2 earth wires sleeved together. There were no other connectors inside the pull cord housing. All of the wires were screwed into the pull cord switch terminals. None of the wires have tape on them to tell me which is the switched live. Any ideas? Have got a photo of the wires.
Why not have the twin switch do: 1. a light on light off 2. Fan on Fan off (when light switch is on) . . . . . so that you can cut out the timer on the fan if you want to (eg middle of night bathroom visit, don't want the fan to run on). but it still acts in timed mode if you leave on (2) and switch light switch (1) off OR What about 3 switch?: 1. a light on light off 2. Fan on Fan off (when light switch is on) . . . . . so that you can cut out the timer on the fan if you want to (eg middle of night bathroom visit, don't want the fan to run on). but it still acts in timed mode if you leave on (2) and switch light switch (1) off 3. Fan only, irrelevant if light switch (1) is on or off (i.e. not timed) Useful for all day ventilation without having to have the lights on at all.
Why didn't you install it in the ceiling? Hot air and steam in the bathroom rise to the ceiling and are therefore less effectively ventilated by a wall-mounted fan.
One thing for certain this fella is not a skilled electrician. Fitting two conductors into a single point termination of a Wago connector breaches manufacturers instructions. A perfect example of how the electrical trade is now dredging up silt.
Couldn’t you just run a 2 core and earth from the light to the switch. Then a 3 core and earth then to the isolation switch. (Join neutral at back with a connector ) so you don’t need the junction box ?
You'd need to run a neutral wire from light to isolation switch anyway and bring it all back up to the ceiling which would be a bit messy and long winded surely? Thank for watching.
I am a lady and I fit a kitchen fan today with isolation switch and own independent switch, thank you for a very clear instruction.
Well done, good work. Thanks again for watching!
Excellent, clear video that an amateur DIYer can follow. Bought a new fan the other day and reading the manual confused me, as did google searches which tend to have a lot of sparky lingo. I now feel totally confident that I can fit this fan! Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback Steven. Just remember this type of work is covered by Part P regs so check those out prior to carrying out any work. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Life saver! Spot on, managed to install a fan using your guidance. Thank you.
Brilliant video,, Saved me a few quid. I wouldn't have had a clue without your help. Cheers 😊
Glad to help.
Outstanding Sir! Followed your crystal clear instructions to the letter. Now have new working bathroom fan with independent switch. Nice one and thanks very much Eddy.
Thank you this video helped me learn on how to install a fan and even gave me extra knowledge alongside my electric course
Glad to have helped!
This is a fantastic video presentation.
Very well explained.
Thank you for sharing.
Lovely video, going to do this installation with a retractive switch!
Best of luck.
Excellent instruction thank you !
Just recently subscribed & been a massive help ! Great videos & content, thanks mate
Hi Matt, thanks for the feedback. Glad the videos have helped you out, that's what makes them worthwhile. Good luck with your projects and thanks for watching!
I like this nicely explained video. But you should also have a fuse per regulations if you extractor fan is in zone 1 or 2...you are not showing any fuse box
It's on the lighting circuit which is connected to a 6amp MCB on the consumer unit and RCD protected. You only need to 'add' a fuse if downgrading the power from another higher rated circuit like a fused spur from a ring main. I installed a double poled isolation switch which allows you to fully isolate the power whilst carrying out maintenance. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
You explained very well. I have a question. What is the good reason to have a independant switch for bath fan? If i am not wrong, bathroom fan timer will not start and fan will keep running untill indepandent switch get switched off and someone can forget easily after visiting a bath.
great video, thank you. finally understand
Glad to help.
Instead of using coloured tape, it's easier to use 3mm coloured sleeving, which you can buy by the metre of eBay for pennies, rather than full 50m-100m rolls. Snip an inch off, and slide it over. Tape comes off, and is fiddly to fit. Good clear video.
Thanks for the feedback Terence and thanks for watching!
Hey there Mr Pouse do you have any plans to make a "How to fit coving" video? There are other videos, but your videos are better than other videos and I know you'll provide the best instructions.
Hi Richard, no plans currently but I'll be sure to film it if I do. I appreciate your feedback and faith in in my instructions! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add it to my list of to do videos. Good luck with your projects and thanks for watching!
Great video's buddy keep up the good work
Hi James. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Excellent thank you
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Hi really excellent video thanks ...if the fan is untimed with only two terminals how do you wire it when you have the three wires coming in .
Hi David, depends what the wires are. If you have a live (permanent live), a neutral and an earth then connect the live to the Live (L) terminal, neutral to the (N) terminal and terminate the earth in a connector block. If it's a switched/temporary live, a permanent live, and a neutral wire , then you could connect the neutral to the neutral terminal (N), and the permanent live to the live terminal (L). Terminate the switched live wire into a connector block to safely isolate it. I'm assuming you just have a separate on off switch for the fan? Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Excellent job.
I put the live and the switch live in the same hole on the fan to save time the other wire goes to the timer hole of course.
Thanks for the feedback.
Great video and very helpful, just wondered if you have a video on using a 3amp fused connection unit and 3 pole isolator as manufacturers are saying in instructions that the permanent live should be protected by a 3 amp fcu? Thanks
This guy makes my head spin, for some reason I can't keep up.
Just pause and rewind. That's the beauty of youtube! Thanks for watching.
Replay at 0.75 speed 👍🏻
Thanks boyo! Another great tutorial :) glad to see i'm not the only one who pinches pencils from SF!
Ha ha well spotted. I don't pinch them intentionally, they just appear in pocket when I get home!
magic! 😂
great video, thanks
No problem 👍
What if you use a standard fan without timer?
Hi pouse! Love your videos and thanks to you I managed to fit a few more sockets in my garage. Now I want to fit downlights and an extractor fan on an independent switch in my garage, but there’s no ceiling rose. There’s just a length of 2 core and earth that’s connected to a fluorescent light That’s on a switch. Could I disconnect the fluorescent light and connect the 2 core and earth to a few wago connectors to make a ceiling rose so to speak, and then connect the fan and downlights from that? I hope that makes sense any help would be much appreciated😊
In theory you can but you need to know what the cable is, where it comes from and what fuse is protecting it as you need the installation to be safe. Hope that makes sense. If in doubt call an electrician! Best of luck and thanks for watching.
Hi Eddy, I've followed your clear instructions for wiring a extractor fan with timer as you've shown, the switch is a pull switch when pulled on the fan starts up when pulled off the fan carries on running & the timer does not stop it
Who's Eddy?! If you followed the instructions then it should work. Have you left the fan for long enough to check it turns off on it's own. You can adjust the over run on the timer. Thanks for watching.
That's a very intense stare you got there at the beginning of the video mate....scared me. Also, thank you for the video, brilliant information and "how to".
Glad I freaked you out! I think it was my early days of being in front of a camera, didn't want to blink. Glad it helped you out. Thanks for watching 👍
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE the first 30 seconds of the video i really panicked and thought "why does this man want to kill me? Why does he hate me? " then i realised you can't actually see me and it's just a recording 😄😄
Anyway, jokes aside, you have a lot of great videos, i literally plaster re-skimmed my bedrooms thanks to your videos. Appreciate your hard work and especially the fact that you're sharing this knowledge with us. All the best!
Great video thankyou, I do not want my fan to run off the light can I use an existing/old immersion heater switch (now changed to a 3pole isolation switch) to power my inline fan that requires just a live and neutral (no timer).
Consumer box live neutral earth - 3pole isolation switch (outside of bathroom) live neutral earth - fan live neutral.
Many thanks, Barry.
I'm thinking of putting one in my shed , 4 inch diameter if I wire it o put a 3amp fuse in my plug and put it into the extension lead.. will that be OK for a bird room
Great video thanks. I used a pull switch with a neon lamp so how do I wire it to work the lamp?
The wiring should be the same at the ceiling rose so it's just a case of following the video. Your switch should have the same waring but switch is on ceiling instead of wall but I may be wrong, can't say without looking at it. If you want the existing pull cord to work the fan then watch my other video - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. Best of luck!
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSEIn case anyone else is interested, I used 3c+E between the junction box and switch and wired up the grey to the indicator lamp negative and back to the junction box negative. Hey presto. Just have to be careful of the polarity otherwise the lamp is on permanently. Hope this helps.
Hi.
I followed this guide today and managed to get everything wired up and working, though for some reason my fan won't work independently of the light?
I've wired everything as per your video, and the light switch turns the lights on, though the fan switch does nothing UNLESS the light switch is turned on.
When I turn the fan switch off the fan keeps running as per the timer settings, though when I turn the light switch off it turns the fan and light off together 😕
Regards, Mike.
Sounds like you have a permanent live and switched live mixed up maybe? Unless you have connected into a light that is daisy chained from another light in your room which has the main power feed coming to it. Without looking I can't be sure sorry. Hope you get it sorted.
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Had a quick check today and absolutely that's what it was.
Took the live from the switch and into the loop; bingo.
Excellent guide, cheers.
Is an isolation switch mandatory. - can you wire the fan direct to the on/off switch?
The isolation switch is for maintenance. You can isolate the power to the switch to work on it whilst the power to the lighting is still on. Same as if you used a fused switch for the fan from a ring (socket) circuit. Hope that makes sense.
Great video, however I have to ask if it's possible to install that extractor fan to blow the air in by switching the wires?
Mine seems to blow the air in instead of sucking it out... 🤔
Hi pouse, top vids, I have a heck of a lot to learn. We have fitted an extra fan in bathroom it runs with shared lightswitch. It’s supposed to stay on for 30mins after you switch light off but doesn’t. Any idea why? We have turned the dial/screw to max (30mins) but it won’t stay on. Thanks in advance :)
If you've turned the screw the correct way then probably a fault with the fan. But if it's not staying on at all, it may be that you don't have the permanent live to your fan, and maybe some has only wired a switched live. Hard to say without looking. Good luck with getting it sorted. Thanks for watching!
POUSE around the HOUSE thanks, I’ll have a check! Keep up the good work :) cheers
Helpfull ;)
I have 2 blue wires what will I do
Nooice!
Hi, good video, thanks for sharing. I would like to install a bathroom extractor fan but I don’t want to risk getting electrocuted trying to do it myself. How much do u think it would cost to pay an electrician to do it please ? I’m in the uk
That's a good option! No idea of cost sorry, I am not an electrician but I imagine it varies according to where you live.
I suppose this would be an excellent solution if you are running your bathroom lights off a Hue switch?
Hi there,
Just followed you video to install an extractor fan with an indepandant switch and not controled by the light switch. Question:- Do i have to put an isolation switch in the circuit??
You should yes. It allows you to isolate the power safely when working on the fan or replacing it. Thanks for watching.
Great video. My timer fan says it needs to be on a 3amp fused switch. Do I need to add this where I come off the lighting main before the new junction box. Do I need that as well as the 3 pole isolator switch? The lighting circuit is for the whole upstairs and on a 6 amp fuse in the consumer unit, 1.5mm cable? thanks
My fan has been working ok, but now, when I switch the fan on--it just hums. but sometimes gathers speed and off it goes. Is something not connected properly. or is the motor faulty?
Sounds like a faulty fan. You can try checking the connections first (obviously with the power off!) but failing that maybe get a new fan for what they cost. Probably cheaper than paying for someone to check it out for you. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
i have wire the fan and juction box like in the video but the fan will only work off the isolator switch why
I'm not sure sorry. Maybe just check your wiring again. Best of luck.
Why did you switch wires on the fan at the end of the video?? Meaning it seems like u switched live wire and T wire around?
Maybe I wired them wrong first time round. Whatever was at the end of the video is the correct wiring. I filmed this a long time ago so my memory is a bit hazy!
Forgot to mention how to adjust the fan spinning speed??
with this method you dont have current in the switch wire unless the light switch is turned on?
Yes.
i have wired a juction box like you but the fan will switch on but will not switch off it will switch off on the isolator why
Sounds like your switched live and permanent live are the wrong way around? Give it a go and see what happens.
Great tutorial, thank you. I'm nearly there with my installation but would like to know how to wire up my pull switch to activate the fan. My pull switch has L in, L out, N in and N out. I have guessed that i can use L in and L out OR N in and N out, is this correct?
Hi there, I already have a ceiling light and a timed extractor fan in the bathroom and there is a 2 gang switch and an isolator switch outside. I would like to replace the ceiling light with spot lights but I'm not sure which wires from the existing light need to go to my spot light? there are one 3-core and two twin core cables going to the ceiling light. Could please explain what I'm supposed to do? thanks
How do you wire in a neon pull cord switch with the fan.
It basically replaces the light switch in my video so wiring to terminal points is the same principle. Difficult to explain. Maybe another video opportunity...if I get time! Thanks for watching!
You had a chance to make a vid yet Pouse as I have the same problem any help would be great to save rewiring@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE
Hi how about an existing single switch that turns on both light and fan. I'd like to add a second switch . Would it need completely rewiring or can I add a pull cord next to the fan to interrupt the current ?
Hi Paul, that's what I explained in the diagrams at the beginning. You could watch my other video - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. This will be like your existing set up. But yes, you can add a pull chord but I couldn't explain it in text. Sorry if that hasn't helped. Thanks for watching.
My fan has independent switch and the other fan I bought is a timer fan, can I use the timer fan with independent switch only?
You can use it with the light switch also. See my other video here - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html
My question is can I use the timer fan with independent switch?
I thought soil pipe was 110mm vs vent pipe at 100mm?
Hi just a quick question. I’m about to add an extractor fan. The bathroom has 4 spot lights, I’ve been in the loft and saw the main connections that have powered the spots. There are three connectors one is live the other is neutral and the 3rd is earth. Now my situation is that the switch live and the permanent live have been connected into 1 terminal. My guess was to just run 1.5 twin earth from the switch/perm live and neutral to the neutral block and earth to earth for the extractor fan. This way the fan will come on with the light. Have you come across this kind of setup before and am I right in what I’m thinking. Thank you for posting your vids btw. Extremely helpful
Hi Adarsh, not really sure what you mean. If the switched live and permanent live are in one terminal, from that point there would just be a permanent live. The permanent live goes from the loop in the ceiling, to the switch. Then the other side of the switch becomes the switched live (i.e. only live when switch is on) and this is returned to the live terminal (as in the diagram in the video). Without seeing it I cant really comment. If you have any doubt at all, call a qualified electrician to check it out for you. Sorry if that's not much help. I do also have another video where you use the light switch to operate the fan - How to fit a bathroom extractor fan using a light switch - ua-cam.com/video/Bi34gxa_-Mk/v-deo.html. Thanks for watching!
POUSE around the HOUSE hi, sorry about that confusion. I found the switch wire which was fed into a spot light. I took the connections apart and put them into a junction box with twin earth going to the spot light. I attached a twin and earth from switch live, neutral and earth so the extractor comes in with the light, also this extractor fan only had a neutral and live feed. The other situation I mentioned in the message to you was the perm live, neutral and earth, the switch live was half a meter away. But yes I got there in the end. Thank you so much. By the way your videos are amazing and to the point, please keep up the good work
Great news Adarsh, good problem solving! Thanks again for watching.
Hey Pouse around the House, I have a question. Can I put the wire coming from the Fan Timer switch in the same COM terminal in which the wire coming from the main power source in the light switch? This is the wire that would be live all the time
Yes but why? To run a non timer fan on 3 core and earth?
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE It is not a non timer fan. It is a fan with a timer. The fan has N L S. I put blue cable in N, black coming from the hot wire from main with (brown sleeve) in L and brown in S. It was done via isolator switch. Might I ask what is wrong with that wiring?
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The loft space above my bathroom isn’t really accessible, because the ceiling is directly under the roof (like a loft conversion), is there anything wrong with using surface mount cable trunking in this situation?
You can use surface mounted cable anywhere. You may need to put it in conduit or trunking for some mechanical protection but that's fine. Thanks for watching.
Mine does not have a loop out, it's just a single cable with live, neutral and earth. it's a 2-wire Lighting Systems...now what do I do.
I figured it and did it myself. Electricians in my experience are the worst for ripping people off.
Hi I have a ceiling rose in the middle of the room with a light hanging down now I want more lights with independent switch shell I do the same as shown at 2:19 to take a loop out 2 from the existing rose and connect it to a new rose and then run the light n switch wire to the new rose?
Pretty much yes. Check out my lighting tutorials, they may help. If you're unsure what to do please call an electrician to do it for you safely. Thanks for watching.
I'm removing my electric shower ,can I use the wiring for the shower to power an extractor fan?
It depends on what wires you have, what fuse you have, what fan you have, and how you existing shower is wired. It's not a simple answer sorry but done correctly and safely then in theory it is possible.
I have a pull cord switch to operate the fan only. There is an isolator switch for the fan on the wall high up and a light switch separately outside of the room which only operates the light it has never done both only the light. The pull cord switch stopped working and wouldn’t switch on so I guessed the mechanism was broken. Took the pull cord switch down but stupidly didn’t take a photo of how it was connected! The switch fell apart so I binned it. I need a like for like replacement switch. There are 2 black wires 2 red wires and 2 earth wires sleeved together. There were no other connectors inside the pull cord housing. All of the wires were screwed into the pull cord switch terminals. None of the wires have tape on them to tell me which is the switched live. Any ideas? Have got a photo of the wires.
Why not have the twin switch do:
1. a light on light off
2. Fan on Fan off (when light switch is on)
. . . . . so that you can cut out the timer on the fan if you want to
(eg middle of night bathroom visit, don't want the fan to run on).
but it still acts in timed mode if you leave on (2) and switch light switch (1) off
OR
What about 3 switch?:
1. a light on light off
2. Fan on Fan off (when light switch is on)
. . . . . so that you can cut out the timer on the fan if you want to
(eg middle of night bathroom visit, don't want the fan to run on).
but it still acts in timed mode if you leave on (2) and switch light switch (1) off
3. Fan only, irrelevant if light switch (1) is on or off (i.e. not timed)
Useful for all day ventilation without having to have the lights on at all.
MAKE MORE VIDEOS grrrr8
I will do my best. Thanks for watching!
Why didn't you install it in the ceiling? Hot air and steam in the bathroom rise to the ceiling and are therefore less effectively ventilated by a wall-mounted fan.
One thing for certain this fella is not a skilled electrician. Fitting two conductors into a single point termination of a Wago connector breaches manufacturers instructions. A perfect example of how the electrical trade is now dredging up silt.
Except he didn’t actually do that 😂
Couldn’t you just run a 2 core and earth from the light to the switch. Then a 3 core and earth then to the isolation switch. (Join neutral at back with a connector ) so you don’t need the junction box ?
You'd need to run a neutral wire from light to isolation switch anyway and bring it all back up to the ceiling which would be a bit messy and long winded surely? Thank for watching.