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Re: Ceiling fan speed control

Subject: Re: Ceiling fan speed control
From: "Homer J Simpson"
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:12:48 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair
"Silver Surfer" <h.mcguffinspamouflage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:ibKdnV3bitp-Y5jYnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> My fairly old ceiling fan needs a speed control switch replacement.  It's 
> a three-speed fan with a three wire switch.  There are no capacitors; 
> instead it appears to use some kind of smallish transformer looking device 
> for speed control.  My Googling to find what the circuit might look like 
> has been fruitless.  Can someone point me toward an educational source of 
> speed control schemes for these fans or else explain to me how mine works?

I'd guess a tapped inductor.




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