New home, walls open, can a ceiling fan with a light be controlled separately and having the light on a 3 way switch with 1 on a dimmer and the fan with a speed control (dimmer) if so how?
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Most ceiling fans with lights have the ability control the fan and light separately. That would require two switched hots (black wires, or black+red in a 3 conductor cable) running from two switches to the fan.
The light (or the fan) can be wired to be controlled with 3 way switches. The fan light, like any other light on a 3-way circuit, can use a dimmer, but only at one of the switch locations, I think. Of course, the light in the ceiling fan would have to be compatible with the chosen dimmer.
I do not know if the fan would work with a dimmer control. A lot depends on the fan.
Did you consider a fan/light combo with a remote control that would allow you to control the fan & light separately?