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Bathroom fans with humidity sensor and timer?

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ParentOfOne · 12/10/2020 09:13

We have a bathroom with washing machine and tumble drier, which can make the room a bit humid.

There is a fan which turns on when the light is on, but it's not very powerful. What kind of fan can I replace it with?

I know there are fans with humidity sensors that go on automatically - great, except I don't want it to go off in the middle of the night, and the humidity sensor does nothing for the smell.

Other fans have a timer - which works fine for the smell but maybe not for humidity.

Is there anything in between? Something that turns on automatically if humidity is above a certain threshold, but that you can also leave on for 15 minutes for the smell, and that you can switch off at night so the noise won't be a nuisance.

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Lightsabre · 12/10/2020 10:51

If you look @Pigletjohn posts, they are very knowledgeable about bathroom fans.

PigletJohn · 12/10/2020 23:22

show us a photo of your fan please.

Does it go straight through the wall, or is there a duct of some length?

We can deal with the noise.

TheHighestSardine · 12/10/2020 23:25

You may need extra wiring if your current fan works in tandem with the light - does it go immediately on and off with the light? If it carries on going for some minutes after you turn the light off then you'll be okay for that.

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