Ceiling Fan Light Kit Wattage Limiter
When the light is first turned on a small current is passed through the bulbs and the wattage limiter verifying that you have not exceeded the 190 watts.
Ceiling fan light kit wattage limiter. The light limiter is used on ceiling fans to control the maximum wattage that is allowed to the light kit. Obviously this is so they can comply with the energy conservation act by limiting the wattage of light bulbs and the types of bulbs that are used. The federal government now requires that ceiling fan light kits be limited to a maximum of 190 watts. The pull chain switch for a ceiling fan light will have 2 or 3 wires.
However if the load exceeds 190 watts zing ear ld 07 type r3l load protector will switch off power to light kit for a moment. Pw 190 power limiter. Light limiter the light limiter or no bypass module used on a ceiling fan controls the wattage to the light kit. Asked in appliance voltage and travel issues where is the wattage limiter in a ceiling fan.
The switch for the ceiling fan motor will have 3 or more wires. The average wattage for most ceiling fans is usually 65 watts per cf and up. My hunter douglas fan used a 3 wire limiter marked l 101 and 180 watts. From other videos forums and website the wattage limiter seemed to be the issue.
I used this to replace a broken 190 power limiter in a ceiling fan light fixture. I couldn t find any that described this kind of limiter. I didn t buy the ceiling fan it came in the house that. Some of the model numbers can be 98480x 98480 01 98480 02 98480 03 99245x pl 190a pl 190b pl 190c etc etc.
1 most ceiling fan manufacturers are installing a wattage limiter in the ceiling fan for the light kit portion. I replaced it with the pw 190 and that fixed the problem.