shower fan help

[JohnW2]

230 volts in a fan ... condensation in a fan ... standing on chair to clean the front of a fan ... holding on to a pipe to steady one's self while standing on the chair.

I can but presume (hope!) that fans deemed suitable for use in bathrooms are designed so as not to become hazardous in the presence of condensation!

Kind Regards, John

 

[freeman9243]

So was that a yes I can use the existing wire from the fan in the wall for the new one in above the shower??

 

[JohnW2]

So was that a yes I can use the existing wire from the fan in the wall for the new one in above the shower??

I don't think there has really ever been any doubt that that would be OK, provided that the cable has enough cores for your new fan (a timer fan requires a 3-core+earth cable, a non-timer one only 2-core+earth) - and, of course, provided it will reach the new position.

Nearly all of the discussion in this thread has been about whether you are required to have RCD protection for the new fan, with differing interpretations of the regulations. Do you know whether the circuit concerned is already RCD protected?

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

But I have yet been given any solid proof, that states that altertion/addition to existing circuits do not need to comply to the current standards.

This man here has no cpc in his lighting circuit: //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/2-gang-2-way-with-pictures-help-please.430865/

Why haven't you told him that he has to rewire - he can't just replace switches?