Hi. I'm currently renovating my bathroom and I want to replace the extractor fan with something a bit more modern with a brushed stainless steel look finish.
The current setup is a 12v with a transformer outside the bathroom above the door. Despite spending hours on the net and visiting 2 electrical suppliers I've not been able to find any 12v fans in the finish I'm looking for. There are plenty of 240v ones though.
So my question is, if I fit a ipx4 rated 240v fan in zone 1. Which in my case is at the far end of the bath away from the shower and taps and 1.9m from floor level, can I just bypass the transformer in the box by way of directly linking the cables to send 240v straight to the fan?
My fuse box was fitted in 2011 and has an rcd for the lighting circuit which operates the fan.
Cheers.
The current setup is a 12v with a transformer outside the bathroom above the door. Despite spending hours on the net and visiting 2 electrical suppliers I've not been able to find any 12v fans in the finish I'm looking for. There are plenty of 240v ones though.
So my question is, if I fit a ipx4 rated 240v fan in zone 1. Which in my case is at the far end of the bath away from the shower and taps and 1.9m from floor level, can I just bypass the transformer in the box by way of directly linking the cables to send 240v straight to the fan?
My fuse box was fitted in 2011 and has an rcd for the lighting circuit which operates the fan.
Cheers.