How to fix my extractor that's stopped working?
I have a ceiling mounted extractor fan in my bathroom which up until about a few weeks ago was working fine. I have two pull cord switches - 1 controls the light and the other controls the fan. When the fan is turned off it takes about 15 mins to stop. However it now does nothing. I have opened both pull switches and noted that the light only has 1 pair (1 black and 1 red) going to it, whereas the fan switch has 2 pairs in it (2 black & 2 red).
In order to fix it can i just replace the switch and/or fan? All the wiring between the two is above the ceiling along with the extractor tube. If this is possible can i just get a standard extractor fan? If i can just replace the switch do i need a particular Amp size?
I don't know if it's relevant but outside the bathroom on the wall there is a single switch with a neon light. Could this be for the fan? We also have a shaver socket in the bathroom - could it be for this? (our shower has a seperate switch)
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated and we have just had a new suite put in and i want to try and fix this problem as soon as possible.
thanks
Rob H, November 2008