You can’t use a normal dimmer to control a fan. I searched for “fan controller 110v” on AliExpress and found some for <10€, but I don’t know which of them are good.
You can’t use a normal dimmer to control a fan. I searched for “fan controller 110v” on AliExpress and found some for <10€, but I don’t know which of them are good.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You can, I have, it works… good enough. It’s not supposed to work in that mode, with chopped up sine waves, but it’s not such a big deal if you keep the motor cool, and it will stay cool because it’s a fan, a table fan… just mounted on a wall… and the motor is practically exposed, so it will be directly cooled.
Could you share the links of those cheap ones? Are those IR/RF controlled? Cuz I know about these, but they don’t have remotes.
elmicha@feddit.org 2 months ago
a.aliexpress.com/_EJFWc3j a.aliexpress.com/_EuI9CU9 a.aliexpress.com/_EIRt45f a.aliexpress.com/_EH8CbrR a.aliexpress.com/_EujBuGl
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah, I ran into those as well, but those are for fans with separate windings for different speeds, 1, 2, 3 or low, mid, high. You can’t use them for controlling a fan with one winding.