Where to put isolator for bathroom fan

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our sparky is about to wire our bathroom fan. The standard place to put isolator is above door. Which I don't think would look great as it's in hall way.


Any other suggestions where to put it.
We have a loft conversation as was thinking of putting in a small area there??
 
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It is normally OK for it to be in the bathroom, if at ceiling level.
 
You can put the isolator down in the garage if you like, as long as it satisfies the requirement for isolation and can not be switched back on if the fan is being worked on.
 
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Ok I've seen some "zone diagrams". There's area in my bathroom which are outside zone 2. Can I position it there?
 
above door.

Which is above eyeline and not conspicuous.

Unless you choose to have white walls and a purple switch, or vice versa.

Chances are there are several switches and sockets in your house that are not hidden. This is generally considered to be quite normal.
 
Isn't it up to the electrician who will be certifying the work?
 
You could use a 3 pole pull switch.
Theoretically, yes (assuming you could find one) - but there's probably no need for a functional switch (it's probably operated from the light), so it seems a bit much to have a string dangling down all the time so that the fan can be isolated once every few years, if ever! As has been said, there's really no need for an isolator at all.

Kind Regards, John
 
Thanks. Yes, I rather assumed that they probably existed (but didn't bother to look!). I can but presume that they exist because some people want to use them as functional switches (not that manually-switched fans are all that common), doubling as isolators - since, as I said, it would seem very odd to have a pullcord only for 'once in a blue moon' use for isolation!

I realise that most, if not all, of them have mechanical indications of their state, hence acceptable for isolation, but I have to say that (probably irrationally) I'm not sure whether I would feel totally comfortable working on something that was isolated by a pull switch. In what is probably a silly way, it just doesn't sound/fee "right" to me! Those who insist that an isolator has to be 'locked off' would presumably have a particular problem!

Kind Regards, John
 

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