It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

on 13/05/2018, me supposed :
And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely
there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then it
doesn't have to be used.

Fit a PIR operated fan. That would cover the bath, or shower, or toilet
being used in a room. Mine includes both a built in PIR and a humidity
sensor. It comes on if you walk in the door and it continues to run
after the bath or shower has been used, until the excess moisture has
been dispelled to the outdoors.

Seems alittle bit ad hoc though. I have no fan, I open a window!
Brian

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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
news
on 13/05/2018, me supposed :
And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely
there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then
it doesn't have to be used.

Fit a PIR operated fan. That would cover the bath, or shower, or toilet
being used in a room. Mine includes both a built in PIR and a humidity
sensor. It comes on if you walk in the door and it continues to run after
the bath or shower has been used, until the excess moisture has been
dispelled to the outdoors.

On Sunday, 13 May 2018 11:42:31 UTC+1, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

You can use a current sensing relay on the mains supply to the shower.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...tivated_switch

Owain

On Sunday, 13 May 2018 11:56:49 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

Fit a PIR operated fan. That would cover the bath, or shower, or toilet
being used in a room. Mine includes both a built in PIR and a humidity
sensor. It comes on if you walk in the door and it continues to run
after the bath or shower has been used, until the excess moisture has
been dispelled to the outdoors.

But then you've got the situation where you go in to get the towels to wash, open a window, kill a fly etc., and the damn thing turns on unnecessarily for half an hour!

It just seems to me this hasn't been thought through properly. There should be a connection in the shower unit provided by the manufaturer which provides power when the electric shower is turned on. It's only an extra ten or twenty watts after all so you wouldn't need to uprate the shower cable.

Anyway, reading around a bit it appears that most fans are switched from the light switch and I'm not sure how that gets past building control when it can obviously be left off when showering?

me brought next idea :
But then you've got the situation where you go in to get the towels to wash,
open a window, kill a fly etc., and the damn thing turns on unnecessarily for
half an hour!

As you say, 20watts running for 20 minutes - so what!


It just seems to me this hasn't been thought through properly. There should
be a connection in the shower unit provided by the manufaturer which provides
power when the electric shower is turned on. It's only an extra ten or twenty
watts after all so you wouldn't need to uprate the shower cable.

If the shower in use were the only time the fan might be needed, I
agree, but for most people it is needed when the bathroom is occupied,
so an occupation switch (PIR) works better.


Anyway, reading around a bit it appears that most fans are switched from the
light switch and I'm not sure how that gets past building control when it can
obviously be left off when showering?

On Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:04:40 UTC+1, wrote:

You can use a current sensing relay on the mains supply to the shower.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...tivated_switch

Owain

I was an electronics engineer but my days of being bothered to cobble together electronic circuits are well gone. The principal is what I was after though. I just wish the shower manufacturer would build something into the shower itself. All it would need is an extra output on the shower power switch and a bit of 1mm T&E could be run from it to the fan...job done.

On Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:13:25 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

If the shower in use were the only time the fan might be needed, I
agree, but for most people it is needed when the bathroom is occupied,
so an occupation switch (PIR) works better.



Ah right. In my case though it's just a shower room, nothing else.

On Sun, 13 May 2018 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT)
me wrote:

On Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:04:40 UTC+1, wrote:

You can use a current sensing relay on the mains supply to the
shower.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...tivated_switch

Owain

I was an electronics engineer but my days of being bothered to cobble
together electronic circuits are well gone. The principal is what I
was after though. I just wish the shower manufacturer would build
something into the shower itself. All it would need is an extra
output on the shower power switch and a bit of 1mm T&E could be run
from it to the fan...job done.


You could join into the output side of the switch with some suitably
sized cable, take that to a fused spur and then power the fan off that.

I've always thought that an auxiliary contact on the shower switch would
be the easiest solution.

On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.




Put the fan on it's own switch.

Turn on fan when you want the fan on.

Turn off after use.



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On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window? In which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.

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On Sun, 13 May 2018 13:58:41 +0100, Brian-Gaff wrote:

Seems alittle bit ad hoc though. I have no fan, I open a window!
Brian



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On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window?* In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.



Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?



--
Adam

On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window? In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.



Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?

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On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW, another notorious troll-feeding
idiot, blathered:


I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window?* In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.


Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

The poor sociopathic ****** does not have ANY mistress, idiot! ALL he has is
the idiots on Usenet that will take every single absolutely idiotic bait of
his!

On 13/05/2018 17:26, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me
wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window?* In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.



Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?


You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

I have.

--
Adam

On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:13 +0100, ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 17:26, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me
wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window? In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.

Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?

You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

I have.

You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!? In the UK?!

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On 13/05/2018 19:02, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:13 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 17:26, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me
wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate
from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window?* In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.

Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?

You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

I have.

You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!?* In the UK?!

Have you found one woman?


--
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On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:13 +0100, ARW, another obnoxious troll-feeding
idiot, blathered:

Maybe she has other qualities?


You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

EXACTLY! That's why the miserable attention whore, troll and ****** NEEDS
morons like you to keep feeding him!

Brian-Gaff wrote

Seems alittle bit ad hoc though. I have no fan, I open a window!

I have no fan either and don’t bother to open the
window, just leave the door open and that works
fine even when I have the door closed when using it in
winter to keep it warmer with a fan heater on in there.

We don’t have the silly rule about not having stuff plugged
in in there and in fact the one I use most of the time is a
combination shower room and laundry with the washing
machine in it.

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
news
on 13/05/2018, me supposed :
And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

Fit a PIR operated fan. That would cover the bath, or shower, or toilet
being used in a room. Mine includes both a built in PIR and a humidity
sensor. It comes on if you walk in the door and it continues to run after
the bath or shower has been used, until the excess moisture has been
dispelled to the outdoors.

On Sun, 13 May 2018 20:11:31 +0100, ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 19:02, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:13 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 17:26, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me
wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate
from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window? In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.

Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?

You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

I have.

You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!? In the UK?!

Have you found one woman?

One woman or one worthwhile woman?

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On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no matter the time of day?

That's what I do. It's only a couple of 6 watt CFLs

(and not an electric shower, apart from the pump).

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On Sun, 13 May 2018 20:11:31 +0100, ARW, another obnoxious troll-feeding
idiot, blathered:


You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!?* In the UK?!

Have you found one woman?

Nope, but he found some senile morons like you that keep feeding him which
compensates for the ******'s mishap!

On 13/05/2018 21:23, Peeler wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 20:11:31 +0100, ARW, another obnoxious troll-feeding
idiot, blathered:


You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!?Â* In the UK?!

Have you found one woman?

Nope, but he found some senile morons like you that keep feeding him which
compensates for the ******'s mishap!


Maybe he could tell you about his mother.

--
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In article ,
Harry Bloomfield writes:
on 13/05/2018, me supposed :
And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely
there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then it
doesn't have to be used.

Fit a PIR operated fan. That would cover the bath, or shower, or toilet
being used in a room. Mine includes both a built in PIR and a humidity
sensor. It comes on if you walk in the door and it continues to run
after the bath or shower has been used, until the excess moisture has
been dispelled to the outdoors.

I did a shower room for someone else. For that, the fan is on a
run-on timer with the light as usual, but to get a longer run after
a shower, it's also triggered by a pipe stat on the shower hot feed,
so it will stay on until the pipe cools. That part of pipe has an
8mm parallel pipe which snakes up behind the bathroom mirror, so
that when you use the shower, the mirror is heated. When the shower
is finished, this loop up behind the mirror convects via the piece
of pipe with the pipe stat on it, to cool that pipe down.

When I get around to it, I will write this up with diagrams.

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"ARW" wrote in message
...
On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on
the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it
would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the switched
side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this but it seems
it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower
and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just
expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no
matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use surely
there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch because then
it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

Put the fan on it's own switch.

Turn on fan when you want the fan on.

Turn off after use.

Too primitive if you want the fan to run for different times
after having a shower, multiple showers in a row with
different people making the bathroom rather wetter
and when you just want to pump the smell out after
taking a dump after a decent curry the night before etc.

Makes a lot more sense to have a PIR, shower use sensor
if its a primitive electric shower, and humidity sensor so
that it stops when the bathroom is dry enough again etc
and automatically handles very humid weather and very
dry weather in summer, if you lot ever get anything like that.

"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 13 May 2018 18:52:13 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 17:26, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:48:38 +0100, ARW
wrote:

On 13/05/2018 15:49, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2018 11:42:29 +0100, me
wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control
on the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that
because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting
to the switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably
do this but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate
from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the
shower and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is
it just expected that any time you use a shower you must have the
light on no matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.

All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.

I thought the regs only needed fans in bathrooms with no window? In
which case you'd always have the light on unless you were having kinky
sex in the shower with an ugly mistress.

Why would anyone have an ugly mistress?

Come on you have not thought this one through have you?

Maybe she has other qualities?

You have never been married and had a mistress have you?

I have.

You managed to find TWO worthwhile women!? In the UK?!

He's happy to **** anything that isnt actually dead.

On Sun, 13 May 2018 21:43:02 +0100, ARW, another notorious troll-feeding
idiot, blathered:


Nope, but he found some senile morons like you that keep feeding him which
compensates for the ******'s mishap!


Maybe he could tell you about his mother.

The abnormal attention whore will tell you anything to get attention! Get a
clue, finally! tsk

Andrew Gabriel formulated the question :
I did a shower room for someone else. For that, the fan is on a
run-on timer with the light as usual, but to get a longer run after
a shower, it's also triggered by a pipe stat on the shower hot feed,
so it will stay on until the pipe cools. That part of pipe has an
8mm parallel pipe which snakes up behind the bathroom mirror, so
that when you use the shower, the mirror is heated. When the shower
is finished, this loop up behind the mirror convects via the piece
of pipe with the pipe stat on it, to cool that pipe down.

An interesting way of doing it, thanks..

ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on
the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it
would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the
switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this
but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower
and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just
expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no
matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.




Put the fan on it's own switch.

Turn on fan when you want the fan on.

Turn off after use.

That is the remarkably primitive but transparent solution that I use.
Seeing the fan has an overrun timer there is a neon on the ceiling
switch for disambiguation.


--

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On Sun, 13 May 2018 03:42:29 -0700 (PDT), me wrote:

It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on
the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the
switched side of the shower unit switch.

Don't the regs also specify switch in the power feed to the shower
unit? Normally pull cord jobbie. You can pick up a switched (and
permenant live for any run on) in that switch. Both of these would
need to go through individual FCU's to protect the fan wiring and a
fan switch to ensure proper isloation when working on the fan.

--
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Dave.

On 13/05/2018 23:45, Roger Hayter wrote:
ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on
the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it
would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the
switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this
but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower
and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just
expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no
matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.




Put the fan on it's own switch.

Turn on fan when you want the fan on.

Turn off after use.

That is the remarkably primitive but transparent solution that I use.
Seeing the fan has an overrun timer there is a neon on the ceiling
switch for disambiguation.


I can also turn my lights on separately when I need to with the "other
switch".

I have decided after much thought, to call the "other switch" the light
switch.


--
Adam

ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 23:45, Roger Hayter wrote:
ARW wrote:

On 13/05/2018 11:42, me wrote:
It seems to me that ideally the shower extractor fan should come on
automatically when the shower is switched on using the power control on
the shower unit itself. But I don't see being able to do that because it
would involve getting into the shower unit and connecting to the
switched side of the shower unit switch. Now I could probably do this
but it seems it's not what is normal practice.

So what's the normal way of doing things? If I connect to operate from
the light switch then what about in the daytime when you use the shower
and want the extractor running but don't need the light on? Is it just
expected that any time you use a shower you must have the light on no
matter the time of day?

And as the regs require this ventilation when the shower is in use
surely there's no point operating the extractor from a light switch
because then it doesn't have to be used.


All seems odd to me and as I said...I'm confused.




Put the fan on it's own switch.

Turn on fan when you want the fan on.

Turn off after use.

That is the remarkably primitive but transparent solution that I use.
Seeing the fan has an overrun timer there is a neon on the ceiling
switch for disambiguation.


I can also turn my lights on separately when I need to with the "other
switch".

I have decided after much thought, to call the "other switch" the light
switch.

I have two! I call them the switch for the main lights and the switch
for the recess lights. Why, I leave as an exercise for the reader.
They are quite near each other, but it is far from the end of the world
if one operates the wrong one(s).



--

Roger Hayter