The Prominence Home ceiling fan remote may look small remote but it's packed with a ton of features! Use it with the included wall dock or take it with you anywhere in your living space for added convenience of operating your ceiling fan.
To operate the fan using the remote, make sure fan pull chain is on high and light is turned on.
Then press and release the following buttons:
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- Light stays on for 60 seconds to allow for safe exit from room. Note: Tap Light Delay once to activate. Fan light blinks once to confirm Light Delay is active. Press any button to cancel.®️
- Simulates a breeze in nature. The fan will transition through the different fan speeds at random to imitate a gentle ocean breeze. Press and hold button to activate. Press any fan speed button to cancel.→ Shop Universal Ceiling Fan Remote
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There are some devices that look like ordinary light dimmers, but are sold expressly for ceiling fan speed control. For example: Lutron Diva Quiet 3-speed control. Unlike an ordinary dimmer, this has a three-position switch for low, medium, and high speeds, instead of a continuously variable knob. The manual shows typical wiring, which is like an ordinary dimmer:
(the unconnected red/white wire is for an optional 3-way circuit)
I've heard people say "don't run a fan on a dimmer; you will start a fire", but don't say why. Yet, that Lutron sells this device expressly for fans suggests it is something other than an ordinary triac light dimmer, and that it's totally safe, but they also don't say why.
I also know when I bought this house, a different, uglier fan controller of a similar type was installed. Could it be that this ceiling fan is designed for this type of control, where others are not?
Can someone tell me, as an electrical engineer, exactly what these fan speed controllers do, electrically? How are they different from ordinary triac light dimmers?