Best bathroom fan - automatic turn on/off?
steph2000
8 years ago
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Comments (11)"You mentioned Panasonic fan with occupancy sensor. Does the fan turn off automatically when persons leaves the bathroom?" Some of the fans have sensors; motion and/or humidity. Motion will turn the fan on when you step into the shower. When you step out they will continue to run for a specified period of time set by the user, to 60 minutes, then they turn off automatically. The humidity sensors, they can go off any time. You can set them to a certain level...but they can be a little wishy-washy. The sensors sound good, but I'm wary of how they perform. Humidistats can activate at any time (3:00 in the morning) and run for how ever long. It's really all about sensor sensitivity and calibration. Motion sensors could be activated by simply walking through the bathroom. I'm not aware of how well (or poorly) Panasonic's automation performs. Automation can be advantageous - as long as it works how you expect it to, at least within reasonable boundaries....See MoreLeast-bad way to make 90° turn in bathroom vent duct
Comments (2)I put in a Fantech fan (it's terrific, very quiet) as a replacement. They recommend using insulated flex (I'm in a mild climate area). I think if you use a large enough diameter duct, and a gentle curve of a large enough radius, the air will never know it made a turn. I would give it a straight run or very gentle curve for many feet after exiting the fan if space permits....See MoreWhat Bathroom Fan is Best ?
Comments (11)In 2005, when we moved into this home, we had our contractor install a top of the line Broan fan/heater/light/nightlight. We replaced the heater twice and the light once. The advantage to the noisy Broan fans is that they sell parts! When something breaks, you can get that part and replace just that module. I figured I would go with them forever, but I kept burning out the heaters. When the light died after no abuse, though, I got perturbed. When I started planning for the remodel, I asked about the Panasonic fans at a couple of Kitchen and Bath stores. No one there had ever had a customer ask about ordering parts. "They don't break," I was told. So I looked for a fan with no heater (and decided to have a different secondary heating source, since I tended to run them too long), with a humidity sensor (since I could not remember to turn it on, having grown up in a house where we had no fans because the air leaks guaranteed no fogging!). I ended up with one by Panasonic that has the fan with both the humidity sensor and movement sensor. It is so quiet that the toilet seat drowns it out. If you stop and listen, you can barely hear it. It also has a regular room light and a night light. For heat, I went with a cove heater (electric radiant heat, up near the ceiling, that points down into the room and heats up objects in the room) that is made in the USA, thermostatically controlled, and a permanent installment. We now keep the bathroom door closed and enter into a toasty 76 degree room that feels really nice in this cold fall weather and will be wonderful come real winter! The reason I am so hard on heater units in vent fans is that I am now at home all day, so I do not have a regular shower time. I will turn on the heat to warm the room for a shower, then forget, or decide to do "one more thing" before going to shower. I never get there, and the heater would run for hours. Problem solved with my new cove heater and closed sliding door that I only have to open wide enough to slip though....See MoreBathroom Exhaust fan won't turn on
Comments (12)Thank you all for the responses. It was the switch. This is what I did - 1. At the breaker- cut off the power to the fan. 2. Unplugged the fan plug at the top and then tested to see if I am getting any power at that outlet and there was none. So this concluded the decision to go for a new switch. 3. Replaced switch and now it works. Jim - Prior to this I found a dead bug and the bottom right black wire was unscrewed. The switch was broken at the back too. Regardless even after tightening the screws it never worked and then I did the above 3 steps. Thanks for your help, this saved me $$ to call an electrician....See Morejerzeegirl (FL zone 9B)
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