Brian, you're right. I did a stack of research and came to the same findings you did and unconfused myself. The ceiling control fan that I bought (one of the ones he bought as well, the Lutron variable controller) does just what you're saying. By chopping it like you described it reduces the force on the AC induction motor causing the fan to slow relative to the frequency of the AC wave. Yar. I think how Aardil screwed up, possibly, was by putting the controller on the wrong cable, notably, the ground line. I don't see how it could have been done, but it would cause the controllers not to work, or, if by some freaky fluke it did, there would be virtually no change. You must make sure that the controller is on the black line (mod a power strip and you'll have three lines: white/black (AC), and the green (ground). They will always be this color, so just mod the black line, and any AC fan plugged into the power strip will be controlled by the same circuit (excellent for use with a string of identical fans with similar characteristics like the ones I'll be using). Again, I'll report my findings either tonight or tomorrow, if I can get my lazy butt up to doing it.
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