Any eeelectricians 'mongst us ?

[Jim West Pa]

I wanna put up a ceiling fan in our 'den' to help keep the heat from the wood stove at floor level and hopefully gently move it towards the adjoining two rooms.
Now from what i've seen, the slow speed on store bot fans that i can afford is a bit too fast to do what i want without coolin the warm air.
The slower fans are more money so here's what i'm thinkin/askin.
If i swap out the standard light switch on the wall for a dimmer switch, will that allow me to slow the fan down more than it's factory settings ?

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[BobinMIZZU]

damage your fan motor or overheat and burn out (possibly even causing a fire). They make wall mount fan speed controls. A good one will run you like $30. Most of them have 3 or 4 pre-set speeds. There are a few that are continuosly variable. With any of these I'm still not sure your fan will run as slow as you want. It would kind of be a trial and error sort of deal.

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Jim West Pa]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Brandy[Ma.]]

It will make the air heavier and bring your hot air down some.It's good for your furniture and health.I don't know much about Motors or dimer but what the others say it don't sound like the way to go.

 

[therick]

A few people recommended going to Lowes or Home Depot as they carry switches designed to slow down celiling fans. From what I was able to understand, these switches do not act as a dimmer switch but as a Hi, Med, Lo, off, type of switch. It seems to reason that if you have your ceiling fan slowed down to low by the pull chain then you should be able to additionally slow it down using one of the 3 positions available on the newly installed switch. Hope this makes a little bit of sense anyway. Good luck .........

 

[Jim West Pa]

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[Jim West Pa]

I HATE when habeeb answers the phone :veryangry:

 

[Jim West Pa]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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