Bathroom fan

[pickles]

Hi, I would appreciate some help with this.

I have a timed bathroom fan, it is in the loft space. Currently it is wired through a double pole isolating switch that is high on the wall outside the bathroom (3amp fuse), all the wires including the permanent live for the timer are on the isolated side of the switch. The switched live is then operated by a pull cord in the bathroom, ordinary one way light switch kind. I've checked in the loft and this is wired like a lightswitch in the junction box up there, ie pulling the cord makes or breaks the switched live to the fan

This is all fine, it works well. the only problem is if your not paying attention it's possible to not know if the pull cord is on or off and this can lead to a bit of trial and error as to whether the fan's on, or on but in it's timed phase which can be a bit annoying with the fan droning on for hours while I eff about with the switch.

All I seem to need is a pull cord switch with a tally lamp so I know whether it's on or off, can anyone tell me if i can get one and can I simply swap the pull cord switch or if it's more complicated than that, ie, does it need a neutral connection to run the lamp as obviously all I have in the bathroom is the switched live.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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You will need to take the neutral to the switch.

 

[skenk]

You could move the FCU to a more accesible position

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How would that help?

 

[pbar]

Visit the link that BAS gave you, it has the exact answer you're after, courtesy of RF Lighting - Thanks again!

 

[skenk]

How would that help?

I'd have thought it would be obvious, unless i'm missing something.

 

[pickles]

Thanks gents, good advice as always. I will go for the neon. Moving the FCU to make it more accesible would work but involves much chopping of plaster, rewiring and general swearing, bit of a sledge hammer to crack a nut really. The neon's simple and easily done with just some minor coughing and thrashing about in the loft .

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How would that help?

I'd have thought it would be obvious, unless i'm missing something.

One of us is - I can't see how moving the FCU to somewhere more accessible would get round the problem of not being able to tell if the pull-switch was open or closed...

 

[skenk]

Flick the FCU off and on. If the fan comes back on switch is closed, if not it's open.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Ah - OK.

How would that help?

I'd have thought it would be obvious, unless i'm missing something.

One of us is

That'll be me then, that will.....

 

[trey]

I find, if you arrange it, that having the fan and light linked is a good way of knowing.

You could change the fan control to a humidistat and just let it control itself.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

2nd option good.

1st option means that the fan comes on if you just go in there to wash your hands when it's dark....