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just ebay'd fan speed controller






and found this does any one know if these are any good , or should i stay well clear , just searching for options to slow down my rvk that all

i have also seen these, as there sooo cheap, please buy one & report back on your findings, im sure it will help/inform many many other people thinking/wondering about them.

if you decide not to, i think i might give it a try, if it fails, thats no hardship, as there pocket change, plus it will come in handy for something one day...

thats what i was thinking

they are cheap as chips , might just get one any way

still would like to know if anyone has one tho



mrmom

looking at the same one myself mom, i might order one if i cant find anything localy on Monday

fuck it just bought one ill lt you all know what its like

£8.75 and free pp


mrmom

nice one mate

looks a bit naf tbh, you would not catch me using it on my rvk

1 for the life of the rvk motor and 2 for the possibility of it doing other damage(s), like failing x no air = deadplants, not worth using imho

you didnt say why you want to slow down your rvk?? (i imagine you know, but some rvks can be put onto slower mode, but some dont have this feature, check out the wires/manual

i want to slow down my rvk for 2 reasons



1 noise

2 when on full my temps drop shit loads

so if can slow it down a little , i think the noise level might drop also might be able to control my temps a bit better

It's not a variac so probably little different to the fan controllers from B&Q.

will you report back with the outcome please?

i was just about to order one, then i read that you had, so thought i would see if you could give us a rundown of it,

It'll be just like one of those B&Q light dimmers, I reckon...

Yeah it will be a standard fan dimmer on a socket.

yes floppy will drop all of you a line when i get it and see what it's like

well my socket speed controller came this morning and it works a treat

set it to about half on the dial and the noise is gone ,

mrmom

hmm i may buy me one of these, the fan i have is overclocked for 2m(2). Atleast it cant possibly fail on smaller fans as they are only 3-5amps

not myself but i hvae seen a post saying they work.

dunno mate, where are they from and have you given one a try yet?

looks decent enough though

ministerofmunchies got one recently and she says they are great!!

hey bong head.

that looks like it could be very useful.

if that works i will be using 1 too, do ya know where to get em and how much??

tcc

heres a whole thread on them

here

bought the exact one just like the picture on amazon, and it buzzes, and the fan buzzes. Now I've got it on a variac and it is much more quiet



you are linking to this thread

yeh, it used to be two separate threads untill a mod merged em

this dimmer didnt work on an rvk or a clip on fan. you turn it down a fraction and they just stop... waste of money imo.

there you go then

they adjust the frequency in the motor if i remember correctly, which doesn't sound too good tbh

I don't know if it causes any harm, but not worth the risk... I'd prefer to put rvk on a timer then use one of these, just my 2p though

would just like to add ,,

ive been using mine now for 4 weeks ish and have had no probs at all

although the fan does not kick in untill half way on the dial but aprt from that tis fine



mrmom

i bought one about a month ago,
i was using a normal bathroom extraction fan, turned it down half speed, came back an hour later and all i could smell was electrical burning !!!!!
from the fan.

dont know what it would be like on any other fan?

well thats good to know, report back to base if there any problems




well bathroom fans aren't designed to run 24/7. though I have run one myself due to lack of funds that lasted 6 months + running 24/7 (manrose)

anyways that might of been the reason why it burnt out? how old was the fan before you used the speed controller?

just thought id add that i also got 1 for my bathroom fan and it doesnt work till about half way then makes a funny noise an doesnt work till you turn it up abit, so not that ideal for bathroom fan. but tried it on my 150 ruck and works spot on, slows it right down to the minimum and right up no probs


dan

for bigger fans you need a variac/5 step/manual/transformer type, because those small glorified dimmers will blow your capacitor on bigger fans = dead fan