Hi
I'm looking for some advice for adding a time delay on my parent's shower room fan.
My parents had a section of their garage converted into a shower room with toilet. But the builders did something a bit odd. They fitted a pull cord light switch by the door and then a separate pull switch next to the shower to power the fan. Ideally the lights and fan should have been on the same switch. Unfortunately the exterior of the room in the garage has been fitted with boards so there isn't any easy way to access the wiring without either making a hole in the ceiling or removing the boards. My parents are keen not to make a mess of their new room.
They are frustrated that the fan does not have a time delay on it and wondered if there was an easy way to either replace the fan with a built in delay or replace the pull cord switch with a delayer inside.
I had a look inside the current switch and it is just a simple two wires with an earth. There is a separate fuse box for the shower power and lights/fan, so it was easy enough to turn off the power before I looked.
I managed to find one pull cord switch with a built in delay online but it was £50, which seems quite a lot.
I can do the basics of electrical DIY if it's simply a matter of replacing one switch with another. Anything more than that and we would get an electrician to do it.
Obviously this is situation is not a huge problem but it just frustrates my mum that she has to remember to switch off the fan later.
Any advice gratefully received.
I'm looking for some advice for adding a time delay on my parent's shower room fan.
My parents had a section of their garage converted into a shower room with toilet. But the builders did something a bit odd. They fitted a pull cord light switch by the door and then a separate pull switch next to the shower to power the fan. Ideally the lights and fan should have been on the same switch. Unfortunately the exterior of the room in the garage has been fitted with boards so there isn't any easy way to access the wiring without either making a hole in the ceiling or removing the boards. My parents are keen not to make a mess of their new room.
They are frustrated that the fan does not have a time delay on it and wondered if there was an easy way to either replace the fan with a built in delay or replace the pull cord switch with a delayer inside.
I had a look inside the current switch and it is just a simple two wires with an earth. There is a separate fuse box for the shower power and lights/fan, so it was easy enough to turn off the power before I looked.
I managed to find one pull cord switch with a built in delay online but it was £50, which seems quite a lot.
I can do the basics of electrical DIY if it's simply a matter of replacing one switch with another. Anything more than that and we would get an electrician to do it.
Obviously this is situation is not a huge problem but it just frustrates my mum that she has to remember to switch off the fan later.
Any advice gratefully received.
- TL;DR
- Need to work out how to add a time delay to a bathroom fan without rewiring.
