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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 433124" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>I assume your problem is tenants turn them off because of the noise, then complain of the damp and mould?</p><p></p><p>I have been there and done that as a landlord and my solution was no fan isolators anywhere in any of my rental properties.</p><p></p><p>Nobody has ever given me a definitive answer of WHY we fit them. I certainly cannot find a requirement to do so in BS7671. There is reference in one of the statutory documents about a "motor" being fitted with a local isolator for mechanical maintenance, and I have always believed this is the reason we fit them. But a simple risk assessment says even if you are stupid enough to insert your finger while it is running it would not result in a serious injury. And isolation for electrical maintenance is not the argument, otherwise you would want an isolator for every "loop at light" light fitting (anything with a permanent live feed)</p><p></p><p>So my take is no fan isolators in a rental property, and if you want to do maintenance you isolate and lock off at the DB.</p><p></p><p>I now await someone to give me a GOOD reason why that approach is wrong.</p><p></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 433124, member: 6969"] I assume your problem is tenants turn them off because of the noise, then complain of the damp and mould? I have been there and done that as a landlord and my solution was no fan isolators anywhere in any of my rental properties. Nobody has ever given me a definitive answer of WHY we fit them. I certainly cannot find a requirement to do so in BS7671. There is reference in one of the statutory documents about a "motor" being fitted with a local isolator for mechanical maintenance, and I have always believed this is the reason we fit them. But a simple risk assessment says even if you are stupid enough to insert your finger while it is running it would not result in a serious injury. And isolation for electrical maintenance is not the argument, otherwise you would want an isolator for every "loop at light" light fitting (anything with a permanent live feed) So my take is no fan isolators in a rental property, and if you want to do maintenance you isolate and lock off at the DB. I now await someone to give me a GOOD reason why that approach is wrong. [/QUOTE]
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