Switched live - Bathroom Extractor Fan

[Pinta24]

Hi. My bathroom currently has an extractor fan that comes on whenever I switch on the bathroom light and goes off when I switch the light off. I intend replacing this fan with a quieter version of the same model that also has a pull cord.

The current fan is a Manrose XF100S and I want to replace it with a Manrose QF100P. The information for the Manrose QF100P states: "This Manrose QF100P non-timer model has a pull cord override switch and requires a switched live and a neutral".

Is the existing red wire (on the photo) classed as live or switched live?
Can I just connect the red to switched live on the new unit and the black to neutral?
Should I do anything about the wire at the bottom of the photo that has no plastic covering?

(Just trying to be safe). Thanks

Extising Manrose XF100S

• Pinta24
• 1 Nov 2012
• 1

 

[ricicle]

If the existing fan only comes on when the light comes on then it is a switched line. (The fan would run all the time if it was a permanent line)
The polarity is reversed on that fan in the photo and the earth wire could do with some sleeving on it and a terminal block ideally.