On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:13:04 +0000, Derek *
strung together this:

A "Bathroom Fan" is not a "Fixed Electric Motor".

What is it then?

It strikes me that I've never seen a bathroom fan with it's own isolator
in any of the (what seems like millions of) hotel/lodge bathrooms I've
used, which almost universally have a fan controlled via a run on timer
operating off the light switch. In fact I've never seen such a fan with
a dedicated isolator switch at all, an occasional fused spur, possibly.

Right then, several reasons why this could be.

The wiring could be wrong.
The isolator could be hidden from direct view to stop people turning
it off.
The isolator could be a lockable one in a remote location.
The fan could be fitted in a void somewhere, in which case it would
have an isolator local to it.

Clearly this regulation was intended to apply to bigger, more powerful
electric motors which constitute a seperate installation in themselves,
with the intention of ensuring it is possible to reliably isolate it for
maintenance of the motor and the machinery it drives, or in an
emergency.

No, when you say clearly you mean you have no idea so you're making it
up as you go along.

There is a difference between an 8 watt motor inside a "loovent" and a 5
horsepower "Fixed Electric Motor" driving a workshop full of machine
tools through shafting and belting.

There is in physicsl size, but not in the way the isolator rules apply
to them as they are bioth fixed electric motors.

Or am I wrong?

Yes, you're guessing and assuming. You haven't a clue so please please
please don't touch anything electrical in the future.
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SJW
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