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Re: Qubino 0-10v dimmer on fan

Posted: Friday 24 September 2021 12:20
by rrozema
:!: Dimmers are NOT suited for resistive loads like (fan)motors. Please do not do this: it's dangerous. :!:
Apart from that, you will -possibly over time- break your dimmer and potentially even the fan motor. Plus the behaviour of the speed regulating will not be as expected: you may experience speed fluctuations, not getting full speed, the motor not spinning up when starting at low dimmer level, the dimmer heating up, etc. But most importantly: when you switch the dimmer off, the fan motor will continue spinning, sending energy back into the dimmer. This can cause damage to the dimmer and even start a fire!

The proper alternative is buying a motor regulator like for example sonoff's ifan03.