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Silent (dimmable) bathroom light switch - minimum wattage
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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 487585" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>Hello Haydn, welcome to the forum. The wiring instructions for the product you described only show the switch being used to operate a light and the Switched-live trigger for a timer fan. The load supply for the fan is a direct supply via a separate permanent live wire. If your fan is not a timer fan, you may damage the fan or the dimmer, (or find it just doesn't work correctly), by trying to connect the fan load via the switch. According to the manufactures instructions you will need a 50watt lighting load Minimum for correct operation. The instructions suggest that, whenever the cord pull is switched it starts a full brightness, which will give full voltage to trigger any timer fan connected. If the cord pull is held it then starts dimming the load, (but by then the fan will have been operated getting its supply direct from the permanent live connection, not the dimmer switch). If your fan is just a variable speed non-timer fan, then personally I would be looking for an alternative solution.</p><p></p><p>Doc H. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 487585, member: 1607"] Hello Haydn, welcome to the forum. The wiring instructions for the product you described only show the switch being used to operate a light and the Switched-live trigger for a timer fan. The load supply for the fan is a direct supply via a separate permanent live wire. If your fan is not a timer fan, you may damage the fan or the dimmer, (or find it just doesn't work correctly), by trying to connect the fan load via the switch. According to the manufactures instructions you will need a 50watt lighting load Minimum for correct operation. The instructions suggest that, whenever the cord pull is switched it starts a full brightness, which will give full voltage to trigger any timer fan connected. If the cord pull is held it then starts dimming the load, (but by then the fan will have been operated getting its supply direct from the permanent live connection, not the dimmer switch). If your fan is just a variable speed non-timer fan, then personally I would be looking for an alternative solution. Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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