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Hello,

I've got an extractor fan in my bathroom that can come on when the light is put on. I recently loft panelled my loft, directly above the bathroom and I lifted and moved the extractor fan's piping in the loft and the built up condensation came down the instulation pipe and dripped through the fan in the bathroom. When I put the light on, yes that's right, the fan tripped the electrics. I went up in the loft and removed the insulated pipe from the fan and put a towel around the end so as to gather up all the excess water that was dripping out the end. This was over a week ago and I put the fan on again yesterday and, yes that's right, the fan tripped the electrics again.

What my question is whether I have knackered the fan or whether I should turn off the electrics and have a look in the fan to see if there is any built up water gathered which is tripping the electrics.

I've used this site a few times all of which have answered the questions that I had without posted a topic. I couldn't find a particalr thread that answers this question though.

Any help would be greatfully appreciated.

Great site, keep up the good work.

You will have moisture inside the fan this will have entered the terminals and that is your problem. It needs to be isolated and the connection dried.
KB