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In short, it's not a simple job. You should have a switch wire which activates the fan as well as the line and neutral to provide the power. Do you have an isolation switch for the fan outside the bathroom? I'm asking to try and judge the age of the installation.
How do you want your fan to operate? Switch on with the lights, humidity detection, motion detection?
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Any ideas as to why the new extractor fan I've installed in my bathroom doesn't work? The old one packed in, presumably the motor, so I've replaced with a newer one and attached the only two wires correctly. This new one doesn't have a pull-cord whereas the old one did, and now it doesn't turn on at all with the lights like the last one did.
I'm pretty clueless when it comes to DIY so I don't want to go messing around with shit that might/will kill me, just wondering why such a simple job doesn't work