I have just fitted and wired an inline extractor fan for the bathroom operated by a pullcord. The supply comes from a single rarely used socket in the loft, taken to a 3 amp FCU with 2.5 twin & earth, then 1.5 twin & earth to the pull cord switch, then 3 core & earth to the fan, as it is a timer model, the permanent live is taken from the switch also, so everything's protected by the FCU and can be isolated, the switch, the fan and the permanent live.
But when connecting this up, the space inside the pullcord was very cramped for all the connections and both cables, it has a neon indicator so there's a couple more wires there as well as needing a choc block for the neutrals, I couldn't comfortably screw the cover on and I wasn't happy forcing it all in there. So I used a junction box in the loft void above, sited close to the pull cord to take the brunt of the connections, which enabled me to just make minimal connections within the pull cord switch itself. Is this acceptable?
It seemed far more common sense to do it this way, just don't want it to be outside regs.
RF Lighting - thanks again for the info regards the neon pull cord switches, I bought the MK bases and switches which you mentioned and work just right, just what I wanted.
But when connecting this up, the space inside the pullcord was very cramped for all the connections and both cables, it has a neon indicator so there's a couple more wires there as well as needing a choc block for the neutrals, I couldn't comfortably screw the cover on and I wasn't happy forcing it all in there. So I used a junction box in the loft void above, sited close to the pull cord to take the brunt of the connections, which enabled me to just make minimal connections within the pull cord switch itself. Is this acceptable?
It seemed far more common sense to do it this way, just don't want it to be outside regs.
RF Lighting - thanks again for the info regards the neon pull cord switches, I bought the MK bases and switches which you mentioned and work just right, just what I wanted.