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Hi,
We had a new single room heat exchanger fan installed by our electrician last weekend but it went faulty the same night. We think the pull cord switch that takes it from trickle to boost somehow failed as it turned to boost from trickle by itself and won't switch back. It is a basic pull cord only. No humidistat or timer.
Our Sparky didn't install an isolator switch though, even though the manual says the following:
"The Fan should be provided with a local isolator switch capable of disconnecting all poles, having a contact separation of at least 3mm. Ensure that the mains supply (Voltage, Frequency, and Phase) complies with the rating label."
My sparky is away now for a week and we are stuck with our broken fan turned on constant boost mode, only able to be turned off at the fuse box. It is on the 6amp ceiling light circuit but is not timed so is on without the light. The supplier has today sent a replacement fan so we could change it over ourselves.
My other half says he can confidently do this and install an isolator switch next to the fan. It is located in our kitchen at least 2ft/600mm above the sink in an old vent hole. Is he allowed to do this himself or does it need to be a qualified electrician?
Also does anyone know whether when you hold your hand under a heat exchanger fan, whether it should feel cold near the wall, directly under it?
I thought it was supposed to be bringing warmish air back into the kitchen but not sure how it's supposed to work as the manual and website doesn't say what is normal and what is not.
[url]http://www.vent-axia.com/product/lo-carbon-tempra-selv-t.html [/url]
We had a new single room heat exchanger fan installed by our electrician last weekend but it went faulty the same night. We think the pull cord switch that takes it from trickle to boost somehow failed as it turned to boost from trickle by itself and won't switch back. It is a basic pull cord only. No humidistat or timer.
Our Sparky didn't install an isolator switch though, even though the manual says the following:
"The Fan should be provided with a local isolator switch capable of disconnecting all poles, having a contact separation of at least 3mm. Ensure that the mains supply (Voltage, Frequency, and Phase) complies with the rating label."
My sparky is away now for a week and we are stuck with our broken fan turned on constant boost mode, only able to be turned off at the fuse box. It is on the 6amp ceiling light circuit but is not timed so is on without the light. The supplier has today sent a replacement fan so we could change it over ourselves.
My other half says he can confidently do this and install an isolator switch next to the fan. It is located in our kitchen at least 2ft/600mm above the sink in an old vent hole. Is he allowed to do this himself or does it need to be a qualified electrician?
Also does anyone know whether when you hold your hand under a heat exchanger fan, whether it should feel cold near the wall, directly under it?
I thought it was supposed to be bringing warmish air back into the kitchen but not sure how it's supposed to work as the manual and website doesn't say what is normal and what is not.
[url]http://www.vent-axia.com/product/lo-carbon-tempra-selv-t.html [/url]