Hello! I have a question about the rbdimmer module.
I have a ceiling fan in my restaurant kitchen and I want to control the speed with Arduino. The fan it is 230V AC single phase, I think about 80W. Right now it runs only at full speed and it is too much air for the cooks sometimes.
Is possible to use the rbdimmer dimmer module for this? I know the module is for lamps but maybe works also for the fan motor? I want to make maybe 3-4 speed levels — low, medio, high, and full.
I have Arduino Nano and the 1 channel 4A module. I follow the tutorials for the lamp and it works perfetto, but I am not sure if the motor is different thing.
Grazie in advance for the help!
Grazie mille! This is very clear explanation.
I will check the motor type — I think it is the old simple type because the fan is maybe 15 years old and it was not expensive. No electronic display or anything like that, just the motor with the capacitor on top.
The idea of the start-up at high power and then reduce — this makes very much sense. I notice when the fan starts sometimes it needs a little “push” if the air it is heavy with the kitchen grease.
I will try with setPower(35) for the low speed and see if it starts good. If not I go up to 40.
Thank you for the code example — I will test this weekend when the restaurant is closed. I come back to tell you the result!