blinking lights

[junkandcattle]

The lights on one of our ceiling fans was blinking wildly sometimes or would not come on at all. After repeated testing of switches and connections i found a wattage limiter built in to the light system. The bulbs are the correct ones so i bypassed the limiter. Everything works now but did i create a fire hazzard?

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Never heard of such a thing. So I Googled "ceiling fan wattage limiter" and learned something.

So long as you keep the bulbs to a wattage that the wiring and switches are designed for, and you made good splices, I would not be concerned.

Another obscure and useless government regulation at work.

Charles

 

[jhelrey]

I watched the video and had seen he moved the box, opened it, pulled the black wire, etc.

Why not just cut the POS out and wire it up without it?

 

[Mustang51js]

What kind of bulbs do you have in there and are they on a dimmer

 

[junkandcattle]

no dimmer and they are a small base lamp. We are not exceeding the watts but that limiter itself failed. I wired around completely and left the factory connections in there in case I needed to order the damn thing and put it back. When I told a coworker about this he had trouble in his rented home. Someone before him had put in flourecent style bulbs causing the same symptoms so I guess they do work

 

[rockwithjason]

that is one of those anti-stupidity inventions. as long as you can read and understand the wattage rating required in the fan and you stick to it then you are fine.