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Hi guys,
I currently have a ceiling light with a dimmer2. In the next few days I will be exchanging this with a ceiling fan. I'm hoping you can help me out with this.
Currently I have just one Dimmer2 in the wall where I have access to all the wires and can follow the three wire diagram. In the connection box in the ceiling I only have access to two of these. I want to use a dimmer to both control the fan speed and the lights, but fan speed is most important.
There are two main options, one with three sub-options and the other with 2.
1.1 I can connect both my Dimmer2's in the ceiling box using the two-wire diagrams to be able to control both the light and fan speed. I will then only be able to control them using my controller, but the wall switch will function as a "master off" (preferred)
1.2 I can connect only the fan to the wires in the ceiling and control them using the Dimmer2. I can then use the three-wire connection in the wall. I will not have light with this setup.
1.3 I can use the Dimmer2 with the three wire connection in the wall and connect it to both the fan and light phase, but I will then have to turn the light on/off using the controls on the fan itself. (not preferred - I don't believe this is neither safe nor practical)
Or,
2.1 Pay a ¤&%#load to have an electrician come up here and run another wire from the wall box up to the ceiling box to have two phases in the ceiling. I can then control two Dimmer2s using the three wire connection, but only through my controller
2.2 Pay even more to the electrician to come up here and run three wires up to the ceiling box (might not be space for that many wires inside the "tube" in the wall) to connect both Dimmer2s using the three wire connection AND get a wall switch for both of them
Could someone offer me some advice here? I guess running a fan motor and LED lights on the same dimmer, when the dimmer can only be calibrated for both light and fan on (not "light on, fan off" and "light off, fan on"). As I understand it, mixed loads are not good either.
Cheers!
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