Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - New ceiling fan w/CFL lights flickering
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scott e.
06-27-09, 06:58 PM
I installed a new ceiling fan a couple of weeks ago and it has the new small light sockets with the 190W limiter on the lights. I put in 4 Sylvania CFLs and now they flicker horrendously. I have found that if I unscrew one, the others will stop flickering for a while, then start back up. I have taken the CFL's out and put them in a chandelier and they worked without flickering. Now here is the wierd part. If I leave three of the four CFL's in the fan, and put in an incandescent for the 4th bulb, they stop flickering.
Is this a problem with the wattage limiter? or the CFL's. I have been using CFL's in the house for 10 years and never had this problem before. The lights flicker so bad, that we cant even turn them on. They are flickering at about 10HZ.
Any thoughts?
Scott E.
Is this a problem with the wattage limiter? or the CFL's. I have been using CFL's in the house for 10 years and never had this problem before. The lights flicker so bad, that we cant even turn them on. They are flickering at about 10HZ.
Any thoughts?
Scott E.
MikeekiM
09-28-09, 04:46 PM
Funny... This exact thing just happened to me...
I bought one CFL for my garage door opener, but it didn't fit right, so I decided to put it in my ceiling fan, and the light and the appearance was great... So I went out to buy 3 more... When I screwed them all in, they flickered like mad...
And it wasn't until I replaced one of the CFLs for a normal incandescent bulb that things went back to normal...
Did you ever find a fix to this? I do have a dimmer switch on this fan unit, but have the setting turned all they way up... And this is a fan that is controlled wirelessly and I am not sure that I can get a switch that is not a dimmer unless I change the wiring so that the fan operations directly off of a wired switch...
I bought one CFL for my garage door opener, but it didn't fit right, so I decided to put it in my ceiling fan, and the light and the appearance was great... So I went out to buy 3 more... When I screwed them all in, they flickered like mad...
And it wasn't until I replaced one of the CFLs for a normal incandescent bulb that things went back to normal...
Did you ever find a fix to this? I do have a dimmer switch on this fan unit, but have the setting turned all they way up... And this is a fan that is controlled wirelessly and I am not sure that I can get a switch that is not a dimmer unless I change the wiring so that the fan operations directly off of a wired switch...
ray2047
09-28-09, 05:10 PM
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Tolyn Ironhand
09-29-09, 06:15 PM
I do have a dimmer switch on this fan unit, but have the setting turned all they way up... And this is a fan that is controlled wirelessly and I am not sure that I can get a switch that is not a dimmer unless I change the wiring so that the fan operations directly off of a wired switch...
I underlined the problem above. You can't use non dimming CFL's on a dimmer. They will flicker just like you posted even on "full" brightness. Your only options are to use incandescent lamps, get dimable CFL's, or rewire it so the lights will be on a standard switch.
Same goes for Scott E. (I feel like I'm talking to myself ;)) but I'm guessing he may not be back since it was a few months ago.
I underlined the problem above. You can't use non dimming CFL's on a dimmer. They will flicker just like you posted even on "full" brightness. Your only options are to use incandescent lamps, get dimable CFL's, or rewire it so the lights will be on a standard switch.
Same goes for Scott E. (I feel like I'm talking to myself ;)) but I'm guessing he may not be back since it was a few months ago.