no you can not
You would have to use a dimmer switch I would think.
Light dimmer switch is okay for ceiling fan.
It is called a centrifugal switch. The switch is in series with the start winding. When the RPM of the motor reaches a certain speed the switch drops the start winding of the motor out of the circuit.
More information would be needed to diagnose your problem more accurately, but here are some tips to start: 1) Fans will not work with dimmers. If you have a dimmer controlling your fan, it will only work when the dimmer in is the full intensity position (if at all). You will need to replace the dimmer with a fan speed control. If one switch controls both the fan and the light, this will not solve your problem, as a light will not work with a fan speed control switch. You will have to settle with a standard single pole switch, a remote switch, or get one more wire between the switch and the fan. 2) If you have a fan speed control switch, but the fan doesn't seem to respond as it should, you may want to pull on the pullchain directly on the fan. If the pullchain is not set to high, your speed control will not work correctly. 3) If #2 or #3 don't apply to you, and you are simply using the pull chain on the fan, you may have a bad switch inside the fan housing, loose or disconnected wires to the fan (unlikely), or simply a bad fan motor.
Chack the speed control switch and the resistor that controls the speed of the motor
If the load is connected to the motor via belts, you can change the speed the load is turning by changing the pulley sizes. To get the load to slow down, increase the size of the pulley on the load; to get it to speed up, increase the size of the pulley on the motor. To reduce the speed of the motor itself, you'll have to alter the line frequency, which you can't do without a variable frequency drive attached to the motor.
Reduce the size of the pulley on the motor
Defective blower motor, blower motor resistor pack, or blower motor speed control switch.
first do you reduce the voltage level or increase the load factor
No. If you attempt to reduce the voltage to a cap start motor by using a rheostat, you can destroy the motor.
If you are saying the blower motor will not work, then check the fuse. If the fuse is not blown, then it is possibly a defective Blower Motor Resistor Pack, blower motor, or blower motor speed control switch, in that order.If you are saying the blower motor will not work, then check the fuse. If the fuse is not blown, then it is possibly a defective Blower Motor Resistor Pack, blower motor, or blower motor speed control switch, in that order.
Replace fan switch.