Replacing Switches and Fans and stuff

[kevinwebster83]

Hi

I'd just like a bit of advice as i'm wanting to replace a ceiling fan in my bedroom with a bog standard single light fitting.

Is this easy to do or are there possible complications and is there anything i need to watch out for (apart from getting zapped!!!)? I'm also wanting to put the new light on a dimmer switch but most of the other posts are about dimmer switches so i'm sure i can figure something out.

Finally, i have 2x12V halogen spotlights and each has their own switch which i'd also like to replace with a dimmer. This may sound stupid but at the moment, i presume that the switch is on the AC side of things and not after the DC transformer - is this a correct assumption? Seems a bit silly if not...

Thanks

Kev

[Spark123]

kevinwebster83 wrote:

I'd just like a bit of advice as i'm wanting to replace a ceiling fan in my bedroom with a bog standard single light fitting.

Should be pretty much streight forward, just remember to note where each wire goes and what it does before disconnecting.

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Finally, i have 2x12V halogen spotlights and each has their own switch which i'd also like to replace with a dimmer. This may sound stupid but at the moment, i presume that the switch is on the AC side of things and not after the DC transformer - is this a correct assumption? Seems a bit silly if not...

I think ban-all-sheds pretty much sums it up here:
http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33642

[kevinwebster83]

Managed to get a new pendant wired up in place of the ceiling fan (my gf's dad came to the rescue). When i removed the old fan, there was 4 sets of wires protruding from the ceiling - one for the switch, one live in and one out plus another live circuit!

I've read somewhere that this isn't legal to have another live circuit just looped through, am i right? The house that the electrical have been installed in is only 5 years old so i presume that if this isn't legal the builders have some explaining to do.

Any thoughts?

Thanks