Another extractor fan question!

[FatAlan]

Looking to install an extractor fan for a client. Issue is that they have a child that sleeps in an adjacent room and they like to keep the bathroom light on but obviously not with the fan going. The obvious solution is to switch off the fan using the isolator but this switch is going to be quite high up. They'd like it working on a humidistat rather than a timer. It will be ceiling mounted and needs to be as quiet as possible. Any recommendations / options / solutions?
Was wondering if an extractor would continue to work on the switch line if the permanent live was cut? i.e. if you put an additional switch in the permanent live after the isolator? Must admit I'm of a mind to recommend a humidistat with timer but just on a very short time setting.

 

[telectrix]

why not fit a pull cord isolator so they can switch off at child's bedtime without standing on a chair?

10A Triple Pole Pull Cord Fan Isolator Switch with Neon White

3 pole

www.cef.co.uk

 

[FatAlan]

Light is already switched from a pull cord so would that mean two pull cords?

 

[telectrix]

Light is already switched from a pull cord so would that mean two pull cords?

your maths skills are amazing.

 

[FatAlan]

Also need to fit a separate fuse in there somewhere.
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your maths skills are amazing.

Shame its not part of a care home. That along with the alarm cord and I make that three!

 

[telectrix]

4 with the shower fire switch. could fit bells on the cords, practice some campanology.

 

[littlespark]

Silent running fan? Poor kid needs their sleep.
Is there an opening window in the bathroom? I think you could have an untimed fan on a simple switch, seperate to the light.

 

[FatAlan]

Silent running fan? Poor kid needs their sleep.
Is there an opening window in the bathroom? I think you could have an untimed fan on a simple switch, seperate to the light.

Nah! That's too logical, sensible and straight forward!

 

[Midwest]

Not a great fan (see what I did there) of humidity fans. Got a couple in my place. They got a mind of their own.

 

[Zerax]

I quite enjoyed that extractor fan question... not your average sort at all. And I particularly liked the small sleeping child aspect to it.... added a nice human touch.

 

[telectrix]

I quite enjoyed that extractor fan question... not your average sort at all. And I particularly liked the small sleeping child aspect to it.... added a nice human touch.

children aren't human. they are totally alien.

 

[Mike Johnson]

There is an add on the TV at the moment which ends "Always keep away from children" I always shout back "I try too" to my OH annoyance.

 

[pirate]

I used to work in an office next to a football stadium which was cutting down on dads lifting wee kids over the turnstiles...
They put up a big sign that said "All children must be paid for" and within 24 hours someone had spraypainted a response that read
"Oh yes, they must!"

 

[davesparks]

Fit a timeswitch which interrupts the permanent live, or switched live, to the fan as appropriate

 

[Wilko]

Hi - my version might be to split it into 2 switches placed adjacent. There are some very quiet fans with timer and humidistat options, both ceiling and in line.

 

[Mike Johnson]

The only way I have found to have a really quiet fan is to not hard mount it, the easiest way to do that is to suspend an inline fan on string/rope from the rafters above in a loft over situation, or to diamond core through an external wall and suspend the fan unit inside the cored hole, any hard mounted fan will transmit noise, and any fan that is moving a significant amount of air will make a noise, slow fan less noise, but has to run longer.

 

[Bellendian]

I've done a couple of jobs with split lighting in the bathroom. A couple of low level LEDS near the bog on a ceilling PIR for a ---- in the night with no need for blinding lights or fan going off. Main lighting and fan set up as standard.
If you need the fuse then try the click modular fan iso with a fuse module next to it. Simpleish solution. Even simpler, use a fan that doesn't mandate a 3A fused supply.