On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:29:51 -0400, micky
wrote:


The dimmer I use the most they sold for maybe 20 years or more, but
they don't seem to sell it, at least not in the same case now.
It is like this one
http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-TBL03-...op+lamp+dimmer
except the control box has square corners, is brown plastic, with a
center plate that is brown metal, and a knob that slides up and down.
(Perhaps a little better than a round knob when doing this in the
dark) The only way to tell if newer dimmers work as well is to test
one. This new one has the on/off switch built in, so that is very

You can see this if you rolll the cursor over the slider control and
see the enlarged picture of the dimple at one end.

good, especially since it's not at the end of travel of a knob. You
can turn off the fan without changing the speed, it seems clear.

More dimmers

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_937wg3ydmt_b
http://www.lampsplus.com/products/di...le-top-dimmer/
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/cata...gry=Search+All