Hunter Ceiling Fan Wattage Limiter
A wattage limiter combined with candelabra base bulbe limit the brightness of a light fixture.
Hunter ceiling fan wattage limiter. The fan model is 52 georgetown type 2 purchased from lowe s and installed in march 2009. They will not properly light up a 60 watt bulb frustrating and with newer fans you. Come to find out the t160 wattage limiter was the culprit. 1 most ceiling fan manufacturers are installing a wattage limiter in the ceiling fan for the light kit portion.
Both of these are mandated in new ceiling fan lights because none are wired adequately to support. However can anyone tell me what colors to splice together. The light kit uses 2 candelabra based 60 watt bulbs. I have the typical hunter ceiling fan issue where the lights blink because of a faulty wattage limiter.
Hunter sells a wiring harness kit for our pull chain fans that includes all the electrical components that can be replaced including the capacitor wattage limiter and switches. This approach allows you to install new electrical components with a simple plug type connection instead of a more complicated re wiring process. I am confused because all videos i have seen on this repair has 4. Hello i have a hunter fan ceiling light that is experiencing the wattage limiter issue that causes the light to flicker and eventually stop working.
This limiter limits the. I couldn t find any that described this kind of limiter. As per the energy policy act of 2005 all ceiling fans manufactured or imported into the united states must utilize a light bulb wattage limiter as of january 1 2007. Had some issues with the lamp kit on my 2012 hunter fan.
Many new ceiling fans has this horse shit wattage limiter installed from the factory that makes the lamps dim. I didn t buy the ceiling fan it came in the house that. From other videos forums and website the wattage limiter seemed to be the issue.