Can You Put A Ceiling Fan On A Dimmer Switch

You may need an electrician for this.

Can you put a ceiling fan on a dimmer switch. By all means you can connect a ceiling fan directly to a dimmer switch but you may run into problems along the way. Replace the wall dimmer switch with an on off switch. You cannot use a dimmer switch on a fan motor but you can find fan speed controllers. The wall dimmer switch reduces power flow and interferes with the fan control.

A dimmer switch as the name suggests lets you control the intensity of the light produced from the light to which it is connected such as a ceiling fan with a built in lighting fixture. You can install a ceiling fan light dual dimmer switch to operate the fan speed and light intensity from the original wall switch location. In this circumstance the light kit could be connected to a dimmer switch and the fan motor connected to a toggle switch. An example of this is that the motor in your fan could be damaged and rendered useless.