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Wait, it's already painted..? Or is the melamine just beige in colour..? Pic..?
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Tabac
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I'll take pics after work. But it's defenately pressed wood doors.
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A question for the smarties in here.
Our en suite bathroom has a pretty bad moisture problem and I'm looking at installing a ceiling-mounted extractor fan to help combat this.
There is a single light switch for the bathroom lights, with only the live wire switched. I've heard that for a ceiling mounted fan to be hooked up properly, it needs to be A) on an isolator and B) both live and neutral have to be switched. Ideally I'd like to have the fan come on when the light is turned on.
Currently, I have an EweLink smart light switch connected which works without a neutral, but it required me to install a capacitor between the L and N at one of the light fittings, so I'm sure that this will complicate things a bit more.
Am I missing anything or is my understanding of the above sound? Can I just go ahead and install a fan and hook it up or am I asking for trouble?
Our en suite bathroom has a pretty bad moisture problem and I'm looking at installing a ceiling-mounted extractor fan to help combat this.
There is a single light switch for the bathroom lights, with only the live wire switched. I've heard that for a ceiling mounted fan to be hooked up properly, it needs to be A) on an isolator and B) both live and neutral have to be switched. Ideally I'd like to have the fan come on when the light is turned on.
Currently, I have an EweLink smart light switch connected which works without a neutral, but it required me to install a capacitor between the L and N at one of the light fittings, so I'm sure that this will complicate things a bit more.
Am I missing anything or is my understanding of the above sound? Can I just go ahead and install a fan and hook it up or am I asking for trouble?
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venting it into the roof space is not a great idea, so at least you have to vent it out the wall or from the ceiling out the roof.
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Thanks krieg. This is all new territory to me, do you perhaps have a link to what isolator I would need?
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I'm thinking of breaking through the wall to the outside and putting in a little vent, but will probably only be able to do that later on - will venting into the ceiling cause any ill effects in the short term? Our previous house vented into the ceiling and we didn't notice any ill effects
krieg
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In that sketch any three pole isolator would do. Placing it close to the ceiling would be best as you need to run wires to the isolator and back again to the fan.
krieg
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Depends on how open the ceiling space is and where that air goes. Not that expensive for the aluminium foil worm pipes and a vent.
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mainly mould issues you can get.
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Awesome, thank you. I'll have a look when I get to Builders later today. Woke up to a leaking toilet cistern with a faulty valve - there goes my relaxing Saturday afternoon
The main issue for us is that we are still waiting for registration of the house to go through, so we are not really allowed to be doing too much to the house right now - but that being said, the walls in the bathroom are so damp that it's dripping down the walls and leaving brown streaks. In short, the bathroom looks like a horror scene each night after we shower. I think I may be able to get away with installing the fan so long, but the vent will need to wait a bit.
I figured as much - thanks. Ideally I would like to vent it outside, but maybe for the short-term I can just have it vent into the ceiling cavity.
If I don't feel up for it at the moment I may just buy the fan and install it and hook it up with a spare Sonoff and trigger it to turn on when the bathroom light turns on. There is a plug in the roof space that I can use in the meantime, although this would be a temporary measure.
upup
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That fan is a 2 speed one?
upup
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Use these connectors for connecting wires.
krieg
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These are better IMO
Anyone knows where does one find these in the Cape besides ACDC? I tried the Helecon connectors but they don't compare to the Wago's.
Yeah, I always have to go down to ACDC to get. Not sure where else you can get them off the shelf
Tinuva
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I got these at builders. Not wago brand but basically same thing. Works great
krieg
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Builders stock the older Wago's in packs of ten but very expensive.
upup
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Is there a video on how to use them, etcThese are better IMO
You should find on YouTube yeah, just search for wago connectors.
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