On 28/06/2020 20:06, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:36:10 +0100, wrote:

I need to control the speed of a kitchen extractor fan so have been
investigating how best to do it.
Using a phase-control light dimmer seems to be a no-no but I can't see
why except, perhaps, for starting torque - can anyone here explain?

Inductive load maybe.




If its synchronous you need a variable frequency drive.



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