My kitchen has a 12 volt wall extractor fan controlled by the light switch. Can i fit a 230 volt, 5 amp fan to the same circuit to replace the crappy 12 volt one? The circuit is protected by a 6 amp MCB in the consumer box.
... doesn't leave much for the rest of the lighting.
My kitchen has a 12 volt wall extractor fan controlled by the light switch. Can i fit a 230 volt, 5 amp fan to the same circuit to replace the crappy 12 volt one? The circuit is protected by a 6 amp MCB in the consumer box.
I think he was (tongue in cheek) commenting on the OP's spec for the number of amps to power the fan!Not sure why it would necessarily have any effect on lighting
a 230 volt, 5 amp fan
Or a 2-gang light switch, one for light, one for fan, on the same circuit.More than likely is on the lighting circuit. But then unlike a bathroom, it's very unusual for an extractor fan to be controlled directly by the same light switch. Could be a two-gang light switch - one for light, one for fan, on two separate circuits.
Yes, but that description would also be the one used if everything is on the same circuit.Many would describe that as being controlled by the 'light' switch.
Do you recall ever coming across a situation where someone has installed a separate circuit to go to a 2G switch just for a fan in a kitchen?I don't recall ever coming accross a kitchen light linked directly to a fan ... but there's always a first time.
Which do you think is more likely?Not sure why it would necessarily have any effect on lighting. The OP doesn't say it's shared with any lighting circuit.
Not sure why it would necessarily have any effect on lighting. The OP doesn't say it's shared with any lighting circuit.
But if you think that I cannot for the life of me understand what value you thought there was in writing this:
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