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Majorbob:

--- Quote from: Gyro on August 20, 2021, 07:10:09 pm ---'Ignore' sounds like a pretty extreme interpretation of 'take account of'. There are clearly going to be cases (a lot of Chinese manufactured light fitting for instance), where the installation instructions are going to be wrong for the UK - eg. Not including instructions for earthing metal fittings. Something like specifying a specific fuse rating are less open to interpretation.

What are you wiring the fan up with? will it directly accept standard 1.5mm2 PVC solid 3 core and earth? Edit: Ah, they do make it in 1mm2, I didn't think they did.


At the end of the day, I don't think anyone here is going to publicly tell you that you can ignore the manufacturer's instructions when personal safety, insurance etc. are involved.

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Maybe "ignore" was the wrong terminology.  I'm asking here so clearly I have "taken account of" the instructions.  Its the cheapest fan B&Q had on their shelf so it not complete chinese rubbish.

I can't remember if I have 1 or 1.5mm t&e of the top of my head but the whole installation is brand new.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: Majorbob on August 21, 2021, 08:56:26 am ---Its the cheapest fan B&Q had on their shelf so it not complete chinese rubbish.

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.. no, that means it absolutely is complete rubbish. B&Q have a long history of products which catch fire.
Majorbob:
It's a manrose vxf100s, so I don't believe it's insta-fire.
floobydust:
I forgot to follow up.
Manrose are a UK manufacturer "All fans are double insulated, manufactured to comply with EN60335-2-80:1997 and are CE marked"

That's an (older) safety standard, for ceiling fans, desktop fans, worried about electric shock, kids sticking their fingers in the blades etc. and apparently it has thermal tests/locked rotor heating so if they actually are certified product, it's not off the junk.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: floobydust on September 05, 2021, 06:21:11 pm ---I forgot to follow up.
Manrose are a UK manufacturer "All fans are double insulated, manufactured to comply with EN60335-2-80:1997 and are CE marked"

That's an (older) safety standard, for ceiling fans, desktop fans, worried about electric shock, kids sticking their fingers in the blades etc. and apparently it has thermal tests/locked rotor heating so if they actually are certified product, it's not off the junk.

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It's an ancient, extremely low end model they won't even acknowledge exists any more, and to this day they sell products which don't take into account the wiring systems they're to be conneced to. It's junk. Perhaps not a fire (yet), but crap nonetheless.
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