Use Of Bathroom Extractor Fans

Normally bathroom is an enclosed place with moisture in it. Hence the place needs an extractor fan which can pull the moist and dust air out of it. Extractor fans or otherwise known as exhaust fans are generally used in the bathrooms to have a full control over the moisture and can provide good air.

Bathroom extractor fan can be of two types: propeller or axial fan and the centrifugal fan. Propeller or axial fan is the same as the regular fan we use in our homes. It circulates and moves the air by circular movements. There is no need of large pressure in moving it. These fans are inexpensive and very efficient.

The other type of fan is the centrifugal fans which are not accepted as the axial fan for the bathrooms. The centrifugal force mostly used to draw the air out of the radial vanes in the plates. So it is easy to fit these fans on your own as it comes with the fitting instructions.

An extractor fan when switched on starts extracting the stale air out. These fans have blades or impellers attached to the electric motor. When the motor rotates, it draws out the air and throws out of the grille.

The axial fan and the centrifugal fan can be mounted in two places. You can mount it on the window but you’ll need to make a hole in the glass. For this you will require a special tool for cutting holes. But you can also mount it on the wall. You need to have a drill to make the hole in the wall. Depending upon the thickness of the wall, it can take long time to be drilled. It is also very tedious job as you need to make a force on the drill.

There are also fans which are built with automatic cut-off switches. When the humidity is more, the switch is turned off automatically, and when the humidity is low, it turns on again.

It is necessary to maintain the fan regularly in order to have your fan keep working at maximum capacity.

Most of the extractor fans are connected to fuse-spur which is placed outside the bathroom fitting. To let the extractor fan work properly, it should be placed appropriately. It should be placed at such a place where it can draw stale air and replace it with fresh air.

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