I have a ceiling fan with a lights that have to separate switches- one to control the fan on/off, and another to control the lights on/off. I want to put a dimmer on the light switch only but I most of what I have looked at warns against certain setups- I just want to make sure adding a dimmer switch for the light only won’t put the house at any risk. Can anyone provide some clarification? TIA.
Electrical – Installing a dimmer switch for a ceiling fan
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Best Answer
Dimming the lights only is fine here
The problem that you're being warned about is that a dimmer switch designed for lights will not have a good time of things if you hook a fan up to it. Since you have separate switches controlling your lights and fan, using a dimmer with sufficient rating for the lights installed into your fan+light combination to control the lights will be fine.