Hello,
I use electronics from time to time at work and am seeking advice for this problem. I want to dim the speed of a fan I have that is normally used to power an air dancer, like the ones used to advertise outside car dealerships. I am using my fan to inflate a prop for a video we are shooting. It's a similar design to the air dancer but I'm making a custom inflatable out of plastic bags. It is not quite as heavy as the air dancer and I want to be able to control (lower) the speed of the fan to find the sweet spot for how much power this inflatable needs to be inflated but still controlled and not destroyed. Question - can I use a dimmer to control the fan?
The fan is 1.0 HP, 115 voltage, 11/8 Amp, 60 Hz. My friend has a 1K dimmer that I can borrow and experiment with, but we both aren't sure if this will damage the motor. For my purposes, I want to turn the fan on in a dimmed state a few times for 2-5 minutes each time. Probably up to 8 times for us to rehearse with the prop, and then up to another 8 times to shoot the scene for the video. After that, I don't necessarily need the fan for anything else in a dimmed or undimmed state. I bought the fan for this project and may try to sell it when we're done with it.
This is a link to where I bought the fan: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FZ1PHZK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And here is a picture of some info on the side of the fan:
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
Thank you,
BenG
I use electronics from time to time at work and am seeking advice for this problem. I want to dim the speed of a fan I have that is normally used to power an air dancer, like the ones used to advertise outside car dealerships. I am using my fan to inflate a prop for a video we are shooting. It's a similar design to the air dancer but I'm making a custom inflatable out of plastic bags. It is not quite as heavy as the air dancer and I want to be able to control (lower) the speed of the fan to find the sweet spot for how much power this inflatable needs to be inflated but still controlled and not destroyed. Question - can I use a dimmer to control the fan?
The fan is 1.0 HP, 115 voltage, 11/8 Amp, 60 Hz. My friend has a 1K dimmer that I can borrow and experiment with, but we both aren't sure if this will damage the motor. For my purposes, I want to turn the fan on in a dimmed state a few times for 2-5 minutes each time. Probably up to 8 times for us to rehearse with the prop, and then up to another 8 times to shoot the scene for the video. After that, I don't necessarily need the fan for anything else in a dimmed or undimmed state. I bought the fan for this project and may try to sell it when we're done with it.
This is a link to where I bought the fan: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FZ1PHZK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And here is a picture of some info on the side of the fan:
Any thoughts are much appreciated!
Thank you,
BenG
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