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Bathroom fan

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  • 18-11-2019 12:03pm
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    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭


    I am fitting a bathroom fan( no timer) to bathroom light.
    The light rose has only 2 brown wires on it.
    Do i fit the fan and ita 3a fuse before or after the light or does it matter
    Thanks


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    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    Usually after the light

    The bathroom light switch will control the fan

    A 3amp Switched Fused Spur will do as the isolator as there's no timer


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    meercat
    Registered Users Posts: 4,745 ✭✭✭meercat


    Tmurf wrote: »
    I am fitting a bathroom fan( no timer) to bathroom light.
    The light rose has only 2 brown wires on it.
    Do i fit the fan and ita 3a fuse before or after the light or does it matter
    Thanks

    By law,Only a rec is permitted to work in bathrooms.


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    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    meercat wrote: »
    By law,Only a rec is permitted to work in bathrooms.

    What Law?


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    meercat
    Registered Users Posts: 4,745 ✭✭✭meercat


    Twister2 wrote: »
    What Law?

    The 2nd post in this previous thread along with the links should clarify it for you
    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058001698/1/#post110881277


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    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tmurf


    Ok thanks for the replies


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    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tmurf


    Thanks.
    Fitted fan today...but when its switched on the fan works but light flashes
    Any thoughts


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    kramer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭kramer1


    Led bulb?


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    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tmurf


    It was but i changed it to one of the new halogen ones. Which doesnt light ???


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    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    Tmurf wrote: »
    It was but i changed it to one of the new halogen ones. Which doesnt light ???

    If it has a low voltage led driver that won't power a halogen bulb.


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Twister2 wrote: »
    What Law?
    Tmurf wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Fitted fan today...but when its switched on the fan works but light flashes
    Any thoughts
    Tmurf wrote: »
    It was but i changed it to one of the new halogen ones. Which doesnt light ???

    Anyone see an emerging pattern of common sense here?

    Blue in the face saying this, but this stuff is lethal when done wrong. If you don't understand the simplest of electrical concepts then you shouldn't be working on it.

    Think of your family and / or those that might die before you get the screwdrivers out. :)


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Was it a 50 watt LV type?

    Small and round?

    It will most likely have a transformer fitted so other bulbs won't work.


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    #13
    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tmurf


    Its like an E27 9watt bulb i think


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    What zone is it in?

    guide-bathroom-zones.jpg


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    #15
    Tmurf
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Tmurf


    None of them


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    #16
    kramer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭kramer1


    You need a sparks, you ve dropped a neutral somewhere


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