Ceiling Light Wattage Limit

Howdy gents i searched the forum and didn t see this topic so here it goes i have a standard 15 year old hunter ceiling fan with light kit no dimmer.

Ceiling light wattage limit. In other words if you have a lamp with maximum socket ratings of 60 watts but find that you don t have enough light in the room replacing the incandescent light bulbs with 75 watts led. The unit specifies a 40 watt restriction for the lightbulb and i am wondering if that is due to an amperage restriction in the wires or to a heat restriction from the hot bulb. The purpose of this box is to cut off excess wattage and limit the total wattage to 190w or less. A wattage limiter also commonly known as a current limiter is a little black box found in some ceiling fan light kits.

Just connect the red to the red the. Pendant lights and wall sconces which hold the bulb away from the ceiling in the open air will usually have a fairly high wattage limit it will be higher if the fixture is open and especially if it s open on the top. Open sided fixtures which are mounted flush to the ceiling are more restrictive than closed flush mount fixtures. My hunter douglas fan used a 3 wire limiter marked l 101 and 180 watts.

For purposes of matching light bulb wattage to socket ratings it is the smaller actual wattage ratings of cf and led bulbs you need to be concerned with.