Recent content by jakobyte

That could well be right, but I have a shed full of odd bits of wire, paint, wood, nails, screws, you mane it, because I had to by more than I needed, and I better keep the rest in case I need it. I need lest than a metre because I put in a 4-way junction at the pull light switch when I...

B & Q have 2 types. first is 3core + earth, the earth being a bare single 6mm2 wire and the other three, again a single 1mm wire but insulated, which I assume is the kind you recommend. The other type is 4 core where each wire is 1mm2 strands, where one of them is the earth. Either way, I...

OK I got it. The single red wire is not right. I like the sound of the 3 core + earth right from the junction + switch to the fan, through the isolator, but I've never seen this before as Iv'e never had anything that requires it, and I can't say I've seen that type of cable at B & Q. I'll have a...

I am only measuring it with my tape. I bought the cable at B & Q as lighting circuit cable. It's about half the thickness of the cable I got for installing a fused spur to a power socket, and about a third of the thickness of the cable to my electric Hob. The single red wire I added from the...

OK I'm an old guy, not used to this new money. It's the flat grey cable about 3/16 inch thick and 5/16 inch wide, 2 wires plastic coated, red & black with a naked earth wire between. A single wire in each, about 1/32 inch. It's similar in size to the cable from the junction box to the pull light...

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP. WHEN I READ THROUGH IT ALL IT WAS SIMPLE. I USED THE SAME TYPE OF LIGHT CABLE TO CONNECT THE LIVE & NEUTRAL TO POLE 1 & 3 OF A 3 POLE ISOLATOR, THE THE LIVE LEAD FROM THE PULL CORD SWITCH TO THE LIGHT TO POLE 2 ON THE ISOLATOR. THEN CONNECTED 1, 2, & 3 TO THE CORRECT...

Sorry , i'm getting mixed up here. the timer is built into the fan and it does not have a transformer to take it down to 12V. it is wired direct to mains.

Yes the timer is built into the fan itself

Can I install a fan with a timer into an existing pull-cord light switch so that the fan will continue to run, after the light has been turned off, then be switched off by the timer? Can I get a light switch which will do this, or I need to install a separate switch for the timer?