removing isolator switch/extractor fan

[drives]

Hi all,

We have an extractor fan in our kitchen that I am going to remove (we will sort an alternate extraction solution). I can see the ring circuit cables coming down into the isolator switch (top right-ish of photo). Thought I'd better check- is it just a case of connecting the wires and enclosing them in a junction box? I was going to screw the box to the joist to keep it secure...

Thanks

 

[Scally-Ho]

Hi all,

We have an extractor fan in our kitchen that I am going to remove (we will sort an alternate extraction solution). I can see the ring circuit cables coming down into the isolator switch (top right-ish of photo). Thought I'd better check- is it just a case of connecting the wires and enclosing them in a junction box? I was going to screw the box to the joist to keep it secure...

Thanks

Connecting the wires to what? Providing those ring final cables end in that existing box and do not continue onwards to somewhere else, then yes, the cables including the box can be pulled back and secured to the joists above.

 

[pete01]

Assuming you are going to plasterboard the ceiling it would need to be a maintenance free jb

But as the ceiling is down could you not run a new cable and remove the 2 legs that feed the fan?

 

[drives]

Connecting the wires to what? Providing those ring final cables end in that existing box and do not continue onwards to somewhere else, then yes, the cables including the box can be pulled back and secured to the joists above.

Probably worded the above badly. I meant just cutting the wires at the top, where they drop down, and connecting them up together. I wanted to check if regs allowed the connections in the void if they were in a maintenance free junction box which I think they do?

 

[sparkwright]

Probably worded the above badly. I meant just cutting the wires at the top, where they drop down, and connecting them up together. I wanted to check if regs allowed the connections in the void if they were in a maintenance free junction box which I think they do?

Maintenance free junction box is ideal.
But are you certain those cables don't feed something else further down as well?

 

[drives]

Maintenance free junction box is ideal.
But are you certain those cables don't feed something else further down as well?

Great. Thanks. Yes definitely only for the extractor fan.