"FirstTimer" wrote
| Simply - views and sources for pull cord switches that are silent, or
| near silent please?

You could try a Dimpull
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLPCD51.html
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technica...er/Dimpull.htm

Also says it is suitable for use with bathroom fans.

Haven't used it myself.

Or google for the thread "touch sensitive light switches for bathroom", late
October this year.

Owain