I've googled for an answer and read many posts none that seem to hit the
spot for me.

In my bathroom, with a window, there is also a wall mounted fan unreachable
from the bath or shower. This runs with the standard timer set up so it
comes on with the light and over runs a set period.

We don't really need this fan with a window for ventilation and its noise is
annoying the SO when she's relaxing in the bath.

The fan has a pull cord on it which triggers the unit in the same way the
switched live does. I'd like to remove the switched line feed to the device
so we have the option of running it when we want to by pulling the cord but
otherwise it stays silent.

My question is what to do with the switched live wire. If I simply
disconnect it then there's a live wire floating around. I've tried to trace
the wire back to a junction box to remove it with no avail.

It has been suggested to me to wire it along side the permanent live into
the fan, which is ringing alarm bells somewhere.....

Can I make the wire safe in some way?

Dave

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