New Grower Sunon Fan on a light dimmer socket

[teaparty]

I have a Sunon 120 mm fan from a friend, and have plugged it into one of those light dimmer sockets.Works perfectly, from 0 to 100, none of the weird noises or shutting down when dimming lower than 50%.

As I remember, I used to have a Sunon fan who would not work properly with THE SAME dimmer socket, always humming and/or shutting down when dimming too much.

I have read some pros and cons about using DC Axial fans with light dimmers, but in my case, it works, no overheating from socket nor fan.

The one I have now has "Impedance protected" written on the front label, on which I deduced it should be an advantage when restricting it, but that s as much as I got from it, complete electricity noob.


Can someone with more knowledge on Sunon fans or electrics in general tell me if it advisable to use it on a light dimmer switch? Or is it a fire hazard?

 

[teaparty]

Bump....this is my fan model

It takes around 22 Watts


The light dimmer states 1.6Amp , and 40w-300w.

Am I doing something wrong here? Wouldn't want the fan to drop dead when most needed or worse....

 

[BII]

Can you show us the "dimmer socket?" Is it a wall light switch/dimmer or what; any specs on the dimmer? What country is this meant for? It looks like the 220+ volts fan supply is not US electrical system compatible.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

I have a Sunon 120 mm fan from a friend, and have plugged it into one of those light dimmer sockets.Works perfectly, from 0 to 100, none of the weird noises or shutting down when dimming lower than 50%.

As I remember, I used to have a Sunon fan who would not work properly with THE SAME dimmer socket, always humming and/or shutting down when dimming too much.

I have read some pros and cons about using DC Axial fans with light dimmers, but in my case, it works, no overheating from socket nor fan.

The one I have now has "Impedance protected" written on the front label, on which I deduced it should be an advantage when restricting it, but that s as much as I got from it, complete electricity noob.


Can someone with more knowledge on Sunon fans or electrics in general tell me if it advisable to use it on a light dimmer switch? Or is it a fire hazard?

What exactly are you trying to use this fan for? Is this for growing purposes? Micro grow?

 

[teaparty]

Ok, this is the socket

It says 40w- 300w on the back, also 1.6 Amp

I live in Europe ,so we use 220/230v

I use it as an extractor, with a DIY carbon filter- micro growing.

The fan is really strong ,makes a terrible noise when at full power so I was trying to reduce it, but I keep reading that it's not a good idea to use a light dimmer on a motor........others say it works for thhem, but I'm kinda worried something might break or worse.

 

[teaparty]

Actually, never mind, I've re- installed the 120mm pc fan back. Sure it will be hotter, but not as hot as a smoldering house. Thank you all for your input.