Replace switch with thermostat

[nicksw123]

Hi, I'm looking to replace a wall switch with a thermostat to activate a fan once certain temperature has been reached. Would I be able to do it with the following http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=0103235

Pfannenberg FLZ530

Thanks
Nick

 

[oharaf]

Installation instructions:
- The thermostat should be assembled in the upper part of the switch cabinet

Err no.

What type of switch are you replacing?????? Pics

 

[Taylortwocities]

What are trying to cool?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Nick, you don't even know what the supply voltage is - please get an electrician.

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

this doesn't seem to be appropriate for swapping for a wall switch.
I have seen many of these in machine control cabinets, but never stuck to a domestic wall.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And it needs a DIN rail to mount on.

And it won't connect to concealed cabling.

And it'll almost certainly not have the right IP rating for the terminals and/or terminal screws.

 

[sparkyspike]

What type of fan and where is it?

It'll be quite complicated to do this as conventional stats are wired to turn on at low temperature and off at high temperature.

If you can find the necessary components, you should be able to control the fan as long as the stat is installed in an area which will not be cooled by the wind chill of the fan. This way it will remain on as long as the actual temperature of the room is high enough.

 

[RF Lighting]

And, a fan won't actually cool the room, so once it switches on, i'll be on for ages and ages.

 

[Steve]

And, a fan won't actually cool the room, so once it switches on, i'll be on for ages and ages.

if its an extractor fan? Or better, a combination of extractor and inlet fans.

We had two biiig extractor fans installed sidebyside in one shop, to cool the warehouse. They were on two seperate thermostats. Clearly one was always on more than the other.

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• Steve
• 11 Aug 2009
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(the wiring was bizzarre. The FCU on the right supplied the two fans. This FCU was supplied by the flex tied to the conduit. This flex was plugged into a metaclad socket about 6 foot to the left of this photo. The FCU in the middle was for a bell, supplied as a spur from the same socket. The socket was supplied by the conduit on the ceiling. )

 

[RF Lighting]

Yeah, true.

I was thinking of a normal desk type fan.

 

[ColJack]

I was thinking ceiling fan.. ...

 

[Steve]

so whos right?

 

[sparkyspike]

Maybe it's a Brighton and Hove Albion fan?

 

[FourFootMedia]

Maybe it's a Brighton and Hove Albion fan?

Nah, such thing doesn't exist.