The Youth.

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I have a question for ya

my m8 is doing his bathroom out and wants to put a dimmer in his bathroom, easy peasy so far!
BUT the switch also controls the fan which in an obvious no no, so is there a way using a relay for example that the whole lot can be controlled off one switch ,I'm sure even with it dimmed you could run a feed off the positive output to a relay then run the fan through the other side of the relay

Anyone any Ideas I have tried round the net but it just brings up the same question with lots of arguments about it on diy forums lol
steve

Cragrat

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Used to be able to get dimmers that had a normally switched output and a dimmed one in the same module

I have one to remove next week as they are going low energy and its no use,if its still functional he can have it.

it will need an additional conductor/cable run to the fan as a switchwire

The Youth.

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darren that sounds spot on, I have looked around the net and I can't seem to find any,
cheers,
steve

foreigneRS

or b&q sell a range of remote control dimmers and switches

cjwood555

The easiest way would be to wire supply -> switch, then switched live parallelled to fan and dimmer live, then common the neutrals.....

The Youth.

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surely that wouldn't work as it would dim the fan which you can't do
or am I barking up the wrong tree?

steve

cjwood555

Well you could dim the fan, depending on whether it's brushed or not...

But this is what should work...


Check with a ticketed sparky first!

Chris

The Youth.

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thanks for the pic m8, but I don't understand the square/triangle shaped thing!
could you and is th ac bit the dimmer?
12v is my thing anything over and I'm fooked!

steve

cjwood555

Square/triangle thing is a non-switched dimmer

Cragrat

iTrader: (4)

right mate i have it in my grubby paw and have checked it will do the task required and its affirmative it will do it

will dimm lights and will supply undimmed switched feed to fan

question is how do i get it to you

are you @ scotch corner this sunday where i can give it to you or post it bud (pm ma your addie or ya mates addie)

let us know bud

The Youth.

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awsome m8, will pm ya

steve