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0-10V speed controller (for fan) with normal 0-10v dimmer?

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onesixright:
Hi,

I need to install a tube fan. This one has a 0-10v RPM speed control function.

Is this something you can control with a "regular" 0-10v "dimmer" or would you still need some special RPM speed controller?

Many thanks!

R.

tom66:
0-10V just refers to the control input.  If the input to the fan controller is just 0-10V, I can't see any reason it would not work.

The caveat is if you tried to control a fan with e.g. a light dimmer with a 0-10V input.   That would probably result in an angry light dimmer, followed by smoke, so I would not recommend that.

onesixright:

--- Quote from: tom66 on May 18, 2022, 11:01:15 am ---The caveat is if you tried to control a fan with e.g. a light dimmer with a 0-10V input.   That would probably result in an angry light dimmer, followed by smoke, so I would not recommend that.

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Not sure what you mean with this? 

tom66:

--- Quote from: onesixright on May 19, 2022, 07:45:55 am ---Not sure what you mean with this?

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If you use a dimmer switch with a 0-10V input that is intended for dimming a light, and try to drive the fan motor with it, the result will likely be the destruction of the dimmer switch.

ledtester:

--- Quote from: onesixright on May 18, 2022, 10:03:18 am ---Hi,

I need to install a tube fan. This one has a 0-10v RPM speed control function.

Is this something you can control with a "regular" 0-10v "dimmer" or would you still need some special RPM speed controller?

Many thanks!

R.

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Do you have the datasheet for the tube fan? That's where we're going to find the answer.

It is very possible that you can simply use a potentiometer but to verify that and to understand how it needs to be hooked up we would need to see the datasheet/technical documentation for the device.

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