Joining cables in wall

essex123456 · 10 Feb 2019

EFLImpudence said:
We haven't asked how this isolator is wired.

I, at least, have assumed it is a three-pole isolator but does it isolate the light as well.
How is the fan controlled? By this switch or by the light?

Why not do away with the "isolation" part and just swap it for an ordinary switch that controls the fan - in one way or another?

The fan and its light go through a three-pole isolator. the fan and its light switch on when the isolator is on and then the light switch is put on, this switches all bathroom lights and the fan on. when the lights are switched off the fan is then on a timer.

ban-all-sheds · 10 Feb 2019

essex123456 said:
Twhen the isolator is on and then the light switch is put on, this switches all bathroom lights and the fan on.

And when the isolator is off, no lights in the bathroom work.

That's not the way it's supposed to be wired and it defeats the purpose of having an isolator.

essex123456 · 11 Feb 2019

ban-all-sheds said:
And when the isolator is off, no lights in the bathroom work.

That's not the way it's supposed to be wired and it defeats the purpose of having an isolator.

no when the isolator is off the shower light and fan don't work, the others do. as its supposed to.

ban-all-sheds · 11 Feb 2019

OK - sorry. The way "when the isolator is on and then the light switch is put on, this switches all bathroom lights and the fan on" was worded misled me.

essex123456 · 11 Feb 2019

ban-all-sheds said:
OK - sorry. The way "when the isolator is on and then the light switch is put on, this switches all bathroom lights and the fan on" was worded misled me.

No problem, sometimes its difficult putting it down in words so its clear.

conny · 11 Feb 2019

If I turn my isolator off neither the fan or lights work. Same in the downstairs WC. Isolator isolates everything.

ban-all-sheds · 12 Feb 2019

Well that's definitely not the way it's supposed to be wired and it really does defeat the purpose of having an isolator.

securespark · 13 Feb 2019

In the days before (and, admittedly, after) TP iso's, bathrooms were wired through a SFCU. The loop would feed the FCU and the bathroom lights and fan would be fed from the load side, with an SP switch to trigger the fan and obviously an SP switch for the lights.

This gave the option to have the lights on without the fan (eg at night) or the fan on without the lights.

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