I have a series of bathroom ceiling lights which are controlled on/off via a simple pull cord switch (10A). The extractor fan is also controlled via the same pull switch with no timer, so lights on/off and extractor on/off are together.
I would like to be able to isolate the bathroom fan separate to the lights as it is very noisy on a night or sometimes when you want to have a bath.
The existing lighting circuit is on an old wiring system, and there is no earth present on the pull cord switch housing, just the standard red/black into COM/L1. The extractor appears to come off a junction box from the lighting circuit but I haven't looked at it in detail.
Would it be a real pain in the arse to create a separate switch to isolate the fan? An electrician friend of mine said you could just add another pull cord switch for the fan, but I'm guessing it may be invasive work into the ceiling. For the record, I can't get "above" the ceiling in question.
Thanks
I would like to be able to isolate the bathroom fan separate to the lights as it is very noisy on a night or sometimes when you want to have a bath.
The existing lighting circuit is on an old wiring system, and there is no earth present on the pull cord switch housing, just the standard red/black into COM/L1. The extractor appears to come off a junction box from the lighting circuit but I haven't looked at it in detail.
Would it be a real pain in the arse to create a separate switch to isolate the fan? An electrician friend of mine said you could just add another pull cord switch for the fan, but I'm guessing it may be invasive work into the ceiling. For the record, I can't get "above" the ceiling in question.
Thanks