Re: Can X10 control a ceiling fan? An LM12U buzzes and doesn't spin fast!

["Clive Dilley" <clive.dilley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Darren - this is virtually the same fan I have in my son's bedroom (I
have the MM30039).

If you click on the ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS link you will see a MM30024 speed
controller which I believe you need for these fans.

I have this wired into a AM12 and it all works fine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Thrower" <dlt@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:04 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Can X10 control a ceiling fan? An LM12U buzzes and
doesn't spin fast!


>
> The fan is one of the industrial types:-
>
> http://www.ceilingfan.co.uk/fans_list.php?type=4
It's the MM30023 - so it
> doesn't have the chain to control the fan speed.
>
> Thanks for the reply and hopefully someone can advise me further.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Darren Thrower
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Crawshaw [mailto:golcarbob@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 October 2004 22:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Can X10 control a ceiling fan? An LM12U buzzes
and
> doesn't spin fast!
>
>
> Don't use a lamp module to control a fan, it doesn't work like that,
use
an
> appliance module to do the switching on/off the only speed control you
will
> have are by the chain/string attched to the fan body (most are 3
speed)
>
> Lamp modules will control a resistive load, motors are an inductive
load
> Or summat like that :)   someone with far more inteligence than I
should
be
> along shortly to correct me :)
>
>
>  Regards.
> Robert Crawshaw
>
>
>
>
> Subject: [ukha_d] Can X10 control a ceiling fan? An LM12U buzzes and
doesn't
> spin fast!
>
> Bought a ceiling fan from www.ceilingfan.co.uk to go in the living
room
and
> thought not to buy a speed controller as I'd use an X10 lamp module to
> control the speed.
>
> Fitted it, and connected it to the mains, only to find the module and
fan
> buzzed a lot and the fan didn't go over 100rpm (approx - I didn't
count
it!
> ;-) )
>
> So is there any other way X10 can control it better than an LM12U?
>
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