Thread: Sounds like a leer jet is in my closet, advice for noise reduction
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Old 09-03-2007, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by keylime View Post
If you use a dimmer switch on your fan, you are damaging your fan and its also dangerous. Dimmer switches are not meant for fans!
Yeah regular dimmer switches you'd use for lights are not good for heavy duty exhaust fans like we use...

What you'd need is a "solid state speed control" not for dimming lighting, or ceiling fans, but for pole style/heavy duty inline exhaust fans as we use.. Most on the market are speed controllable with the proper speed controller.. No humming, no nothing when you got the right dimmer/speed controller hooked up.. My fan goes from silent to leer jet with a twist of the dial.

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Last edited by Mister Postman; 09-03-2007 at 05:39 PM.
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