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Extractor Fan Switch.

Zoomup over 3 years ago

I have just stumbled upon this. A fan isolator switch with integral fuse. Has anybody any experiences with these please. Any good?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254946038011?hash=item3b5bf7d0fb:g:kr8AAOSwPSxbVK~m

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0 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

The idea of the fan isolator was to keep the lights on when servicing the fan.

Agreed, but some tenants use the isolator to stop the noise so the landlord's building suffers the consequences that the Building Regulations foresaw......

I tend to get the light wired through the same switch to prevent this occurrence, but it did once lead to a tenant complaining that the light didn't work, until it was pointed out that they had "fiddled" with the switch.................

Which brings in the discussion about "devices for switching off for mechanical maintenance" under 537.3.2.

Is there a conventional TP fan switch that satisfies the second paragraph of 537.3.2.3?

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0 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

The idea of the fan isolator was to keep the lights on when servicing the fan.

Agreed, but some tenants use the isolator to stop the noise so the landlord's building suffers the consequences that the Building Regulations foresaw......

I tend to get the light wired through the same switch to prevent this occurrence, but it did once lead to a tenant complaining that the light didn't work, until it was pointed out that they had "fiddled" with the switch.................

Which brings in the discussion about "devices for switching off for mechanical maintenance" under 537.3.2.

Is there a conventional TP fan switch that satisfies the second paragraph of 537.3.2.3?

Regards

BOD
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