Dimmer switch prevents extractor fan timer from working?
Hi, I've installed a pull cord dimmer in the bathroom which controls
the 3 looped low voltage light transformers. The problem is that although the extractor fan comes on when the lights are on, the timer fails to turn the fan off when the lights are off. The only way to stop the fan is to interrupt the permanent live going to it. The switched live is coming from the dimmer pull and being a dimmer still leaks current to the extractor even when the lights are off. I don't want to replace the dimmer with a standard pull switch. Is there anything out there that I can install between the dimmer and the switched live of the extractor that will prevent any input to the extractor if the output from the dimmer falls below a certain threshold? ie: Undervoltage Lockout or similar? This is now starting to really peck my head!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
Dimmer switch prevents extractor fan timer from working?
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Dimmer switch prevents extractor fan timer from working?
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
..because I have yet to meet a dimmer switch that applies any live to the electronics when actually switched OFF. But this is a pull-cord dimmer. I've no idea how those work, but maybe there's no hard-switched off state? That being the case a suitably mounted 33 or 47 k ohm 2 watt resistor across the output (SW-L to N) might do the trick. -- Andy |
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